Vocabulary 2 Flashcards by Alexis Kruljac

ambidextrous

adj. equally skillful with either hand

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belated

adj. delayed

ant: timely.

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animate

v. to give life or motion to

ant: quell

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knead

v. to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture

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chauvinist

n. one having a fanatical devotion to a country, gender, or religion, with contempt for other countries, the opposite sex, or other beliefs

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egalitarian

adj. promoting equal rights for all people

ant: elitist

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beserk

adj. in a state of violent or destructive rage

ant: placid, complacent

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osentatious

adj. marked by a conspicuous, showy, or pretentious display

ant: unobtrusive; bland

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delude

v. to mislead; to fool

ant: enlighten

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elude

v. to escape notice; to get away from

ant: attract

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fallow

adj. . inactive; unproductive

ant: fertile; productive

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blight

n. anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation
ant: enhancement

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obsequy

n. a funeral rite or ceremony

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denizen

n. an occupant; inhabitant

ant: emigrant; alien

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fealty

n. obligated loyalty or faithfulness

ant: disloyalty; treachery

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entice

v. to attract by offering regard or pleasure

ant: discourage

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gratify

v. to please

ant: displease; disappoint

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laggard

n. a slow person, especially one who falls behind

ant: leader

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gambit

n. maneuver ofr action used to gain an advantage

ant: blunder

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archy

government

Greek

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ard

always

Germanic

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cide

kill

Latin

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ician

specialist

Latin

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itis

inflammation

Greek

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aqua

water | Latin

audi

hear | Latin

bell

war | Latin

cap

take | Latin

cise

cut | Latin

bio

life | Greek

auto

self | Greek

port

carry | Latin

scrib

write | Latin

logy

science | Greek

dict

say | Latin

cred

believe | Latin

cent

one hundred | Latin

neo

new | Greek

to | Latin

cede

go | Latin

miss

send | Latin

centri

center | Latin

biblio

book | Greek

anthropo

man | Greek

edifice

n. a large, elaborate structure; an imposing building | ant: hovel

per

through, throughout, away, thoroughly, completely.

peremptory

dictatorial or imperious.

perambulate

to walk through

perennial

perpetual

perdition

damnation

perfunctory

done in superficial routine

perfidy

treachery

perfuse

pour over

permeate

penetrate and spread through

perpetrate

to do evil

pernicious

destructive

peroration

conclusion of a speech

perseverate

pathological persistence

persiflage

flippant style

perspicacious

insightful

pertincacity

obstinacy

perforce

necessarily

permutation

radical rearrangement

perpend

to ponder

perquisite

a privilege or benefit of title

perturbation

disturbance

pervasive

spread throughout