Vocabulary Flashcards
Ethos
The beliefs or character of a group
Euphemism (yoo fum ih zuhm)
using an inoffensive word or phrase to replace a distasteful one
Euphony (yoo fuh nee)
Pleasant, harmonious sound
Exacerbate
To make worse
Exculpate
To clear from blame, prove innocent
Exigent
Urgent, requiring immediate action
Expurgate
to censor
Ersatz (uhr sats)
Fake, imitation, mock, artifical
Eulogy (yoo luh jee)
a speech in praise of someone
Rhetoric
effective writing or speaking
Zenith (zee nihth)
The point of culmination (highest point); peak
Enumerate
to count, list, or itemize (catalog, tabulate)
Circumspect
cautious, aware of potential consequences(alert, mindful, prudent, solicitous, vigilant, wary)
Indolent
Habitually lazy or idle (lethargic, slothful)
Inexorable (ihn ehk suhr uh buhl)
Inflexible, unyielding (adamant, obdurate, relentless)
Pariah (puh rie uh)
an outcast (untouchable, derelict, castaway, offscouring)
Meticulous
extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking
Lumber
to move slowly and awkwardly (galumph, lurch, stumble)
Replete (rih pleet)
abundantly supplied, complete (full)
Anachronism (uh naak ruh nih suhm)
something out of place in time (archaism, incongruity)
Recalcitrant
having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline
Virtually
almost entirely : nearly
