Vocabulary Flashcards
What does ‘condescend’ mean?
V. To lower oneself to a position one considers inferior.
2. To behave in an offensive superior manner.
Adj. showing an offensively superior manner.
What does ‘contingent’ mean?
Adj. conditional; depending on something else. 2. Likely, but not certain to happen; possible.
n. A group that is part of a larger one.
What does ‘daunt’ mean?
v. To discourage or intimidate.
adj. So difficult or dangerous as to discourage or intimate.
What does ‘deluge’ mean?
n. 1. A downpour of rain; a flood. 2. A flood of anything.
v. To flood or overwhelm.
What does ‘dispel’ mean?
v. To clear away; to remove or get rid of, as if by scattering.
What does ‘dub’ mean?
To give a title, nickname, or description to.
What does ‘fanfare’ mean?
n. 1. A sounding of trumpets or other brass instruments.
2. Any showy display.
What does ‘fledgling’ mean?
n. 1. A young bird just learning to fly.
2. A young and inexperienced person.
adj. New and untested.
What does ‘inane’ mean?
adj. Empty; shallow or silly. Inanity n. Foolishness; a silly or pointless act.
What does ‘mettle’ mean?
n. Courage to bear up under difficult circumstances; spirit.
What does ‘negligible’ mean?
adj. Small and unimportant, not worth noticing.
What does ‘protract’ mean?
v. To draw out or lengthen (in time).
