Vocab words Flashcards
Magnate
a big or important person
Metamorphosis
process of transformation
Despondent
sad
Indignant
angry
malevolent
having bad wishes towards others
malaise
general sense of unease
equivocal
deliberately unclear; vague
vociferate
to speak loudly
complaisant
having a desire to please others
malignity
strong will to harm others
dexterous
skillful
equanimity
composure, calm
impede
to block
thwart
to stop
burgeon
to expand, grow, flourish
encroach
to make gradual or stealthy steps into, trespass
invoke
to call upon a higher power
evoke
to call upon
amorphous
without shape
irrevocable
irreversible
benediction
a blessing
benign
gentle, kind
androgynous
both female and male characteristics
anthropocentric
worldview that tends to put humans beings at the center
anthropomorphic
a perspective that tends to assign human characteristics to plants or animals
analogous
a situation that contains some common thread or theme
sophistry
false wisdom
placate
to soothe
ambivalent
torn between emotions
malfeasance
misconduct
antipathy
hatred
sophomoric
immature, childish
insubordinate
not obeying authority
intransigent
unwilling to compromise
creed
system of christian/religious belief
amenable
obedient, agreeable
amiable
friendly, agreeable
credulous
eager to believe, gullible
culpable
guilty
deign
to condescend
elocution
art of public speaking
impugn
to attack/accuse
impunity
freedom from punishment or harm
indict
to charge with a crime
nomenclature
set or system of names
repugnant
repulsive, disgusting
pseugonym
a false name, alias
veracity
truthfulness
vrisimilitude
appearance of truth, looking like the real thing
rectify
convert, made correct
repudiates
reject or refuse
recants
withdraw a previous belief
unanimity
total agreement
gregarious
social
candor
sincere honesty (like candid!)
conspicuous
easily seen, impossible to miss
empirical
relying on experience or observation, not just theoretical
inept
incompetent, clumsy
malleable
easy to bend, mold, shape
mercurial
emotionally unpredictable
pervade
spread throughout
prudent
wise
substantiate
to prove, verify
denounce
inform against; declare to be wrong
aver
state or assert
intractable
difficult or impossible to manage, control, solve, cure
empirical
based on experience rather than pure logic or theory
dictum
formal statement
indict
formally charged with crime
exculpate
show or declare someone is not guilty
equivocation
logical fallacy
ignominy
public shame
erudite
having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarly
verisimilitude
ver (truth) - appearing true
extemporaneous
spoken or done well without prep
astute
good at clocking people, observant
gaffe
embarrassing mistake
indolent
lazy
insolent
arrogant, insulting
insular
island, isolated
pedantic
overly concerned with rules (esp academics)
penchant
strong taste/like
penitent
sorry
pragmatic
practical, experience>theory
proliferate
spread/grow rapidly
prolific
fruitful, productive
prominent
well-known, leading, stands out
reticent
quiet, restrained, reluctant to speak
sagacious
wise
specious
falsely plausible or attractive
tenuous
flimsy, thin
ubiquitous
present; found everywhere
divulge
make known
exacerbate
make a problem worse
dogmatic
rule follower
frivolous
not serious
abstruse
hard to understand
affront
“in your face” insult
castigate
criticize severely
cerebral palsey
smart, brainy
concede
admit
contiguous
side by side
epitome
perfect example of something
exorbitant
excessive
expedient
providing an immediate advantage
flagrant
SO BAD
flippant
super disrespectful
laud
praise
partisan
someone who supports a person/idea
squander
waste
tangential
irrelevant
vestige
remaining bit
vie
to compete
vigilant
watchful
antithesis
the direct opposite
disparate
different; incompatible; unequal
posterity
future generations
posthumous
occurring after one’s death
smear
damage reputation w/ slanderb
buttress
strengthen, improve, benefit
colossal
gigantic
juxtapose
to compare side by side
entropy
science functions
frivolity
lightness, lack of seriousness
travesty
debase imitation of something, to make fun of
derisive
mocking
dubious (doo)
something is unclear; skepticism
nihilistic
belief of meaningless
diffident
lack confidence
orator
person who is a skilled public speaker
inebriated
drunk
opaque
impossible to see through; impossible to understand
anachronistic
something that doesn’t belong in current time
inscrutable
hard to understand
propriety
proper behavior
contingent
up to chance(adj) OR group of people united by 1 cause(noun)
latent
hidden or concealed
denigrate
verb - criticize unfairly
misconstrue
form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something (misinterpret)
defunct
no longer existing/functioning
arcane
mysterious, understood by few
extraneous
irrelevant or unrelated
ornamental
decorative
surmise
something that may be true but there is no evidence
contrive
create or bring out; manage to do something foolish
disparate
too difference, very unlike
paucity
scarcity
vindicate
to clear someone of blame
evince
indicate
superfluous
unnecessarily thorough
