Vocab Set 2 Flashcards
Bellicose
Adj. Inclined or eager to fight, aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
SYN: Argumentative, threatening, hostile, combative
ANT: Calm, easy-going, passive, peaceful
Auspicious
Adj. 1. Promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable 2. favored by fortune
SYN: Prosperous, favorable, promising, fortunate
ANT: Inauspicious, unlucky, unfortunate, unhappy
Churlish
Adj. 1. Like a churl; boorish, rude 2. Of a churl; peasant like
SYN: vulgar, blunt, uncivil, crude, impolite, discourteous
ANT: courteous
Deciduous
Adj. 1. Shedding the leaves annually, as trees and shrubs 2. Falling off or shred at a particular season, stage of growth, etc as leaves, horns, or teeth 3. Not permanent; transitory
SYN: brief, fleeting, quick, passing
ANT: enduring, lengthy, long-lived
Diffident
Adj. 1. Lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. 2. Restrained or reserved in a manner, conduct
SYN: Self-conscious, embarrassed, modest
ANT: bold, confident
Enfranchise
V. 1. To grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, esp to the right of voting 2. To endow (a city, constituency) with municipal or parliamentary rights. 3. To set free; liberate, as from slavery
SYN: Emancipate, liberate, empower. free
ANT: enslave
Feckless
Adj Feeble; weak; ineffectual; irresponsible
SYN: irresponsible, meaningless, incompetent
ANT: Competent, effective, strong, useful
Fiduciary
N. A person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another
SYN: guardian, curator, trustee
Hegemony
N. Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation
SYN: Leadership, authority, power, command
Inculcate
V. 1. To implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently & earnestly. 2. To cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling
SYN: Instill, infix, ingrain, brainwash, impress
Pecuniary
Adj. 1. Of or pertaining to money 2. Consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments
SYN: monetary, economic, business, fiscal
Subjugate
V. 1. To bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master 2. To make submissive or subservient; enslave
SYN: Overthrow, suppress, vanquish, overcome, hegemony
ANT: Free, liberate
Unctuous
Adj 1. Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, esp in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug 2. Of the nature of or characteristic of an unguent or ointment; oily; greasy 3. Having an oily or soapy feel, as certain minerals
SYN: obsequious, insincere, servile, smooth,slick,suave
ANT: blunt, generous, sincere
Wrought
V. 1. Archaic except in some senses; a simple past tense & past participle of work. 2. worked into shape by artistry or effort 3. elaborately embellished : ornamented 4. processed for use : manufactured 5. beaten into shape by tools : hammered —used of metals 6. deeply stirred : excited —often used with up
Vacuous
Adj 1. Without contents; empty 2. lacking in ideas or intelligence 3. expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence 3. Expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid 4. Purposeless; idle
SYN: Superficial, foolish, shallow, stupid, dull, inane
ANT: Aware, filled, full, intelligent
