Vocabulary Flashcards
Berate
Scold or Criticize
Emulate
Match or Surpass
Expound
Explain
Flippant
Not showing a serious attitude
Gregarious
outgoing or social
Hubris
Excessive Pride
Imperious
Assuming power without justification
Lexicon
The vocabulary of a person
Loquacious
Talkative
Malfeasance
Wrongdoing
Misnomer
Wrong or inaccurate name in the designation
Nomenclature
the choosing of names for things
Obfuscate
To confuse
Ostracize
Exclude from a society or group
Paramount
More important than anything else
Rancor
Bitterness or resentfulness
Refute
Prove to be wrong or false
Repose
A state of rest
Sanctimonious
Making a show of being morally superior
Sedition
Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel
Terse
Sparing in use of words
Trounce
Defeat heavily in a contest
Tutelage
Authority over someone or something
Untoward
Unexpected
Vehemently
Showing strong feelings
Vilify
Write or speak in an abusively disparaging way
Wield
Hold and use typically a weapon or tool
Winsome
Attractive appearance or character
Xenophobe
fear or dislike for people of different countries
Zephyr
Soft gentle breeze
Ameliorate
To make or grow better
Caveat
A warning or caution
Disingenuous
Not straightforward or candid
E.g
“For Example”
Egalitarian
favoring social equality
Ephemeral
Short-lived
Equivocate
to be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
Ethereal
Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
Finite
Having Bounds
Hyperbole
Extravagant Exaggeration
I.e
“that is”
Inane
without contents, empty
Milieu
Environment ; Setting
NB
” Note well”
Pejorative
disparaging, belittling
Pernicious
Deadly
Proclivity
A natural inclination; predisposition
Renege
to go back on a promise or commitment
Requisite
Necessary ; indispensable
Salient
Noticeable; also projecting; also leaping
Sojourn
A temporary stay
Succinct
Brief, concise
Superfluous
More than is wanted or is sufficient
Syntax
the study of rules whereby words or other elements of sentences
ubiquitous
Being everywhere
Unilateral
Having only one side
Verve
energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas
Vociferous
Making a loud outcry