Vocabulary Flashcards
Banal
Boring, dull
Abdicate
Quit, resign, renounce
Cache
Stash, hiding place
Dawdle
Delay, dally, waste time
Ebullient
Bubbling, exuberant, enthusiastic
Fanatic
Zealous
Garrulous
Talkative, loquacious
Hallowed
Holy
Imminent
Near, impending, approaching
Jeer
Ridicule, mock, gibe
Kinetic
Relating to motion, animated
Lagoon
Shallow body of water connected to as auch larger one, pool
Magnanimous
Noble, big hearted, generous
Nebulous
Hazy, cloudy, unclear, shapeless, vague
Obscure
Confuse, vague, unclear
Palatable
Good tasting, savory, agreeable
Quell
To quiet, crash, defeat, conquer
Rabble
Large, mob, crowd, horde
Satellite
Moon, a small thing that goes around a bigger thing
Tactiturn
Quiet, shy, reserved
Unkempt
Sloppy, ruffled, disheveled, mess, ragged
Vacuous
Shallow, vapid, silly
Wan
Lacking color, pale, ashen, bloodless
Zealous
Fervent, fervid, intense, passionate, enthusiastic, eager
Abhor
To hate, to detest, abominate
Beguile
Charm, allure
Cajole
Coax, wheedle
Deadlock
Stalemate, standstill
Eccentric
Freak, oddball, weirdo, odd
Fauna
Animals of a given area
Germinate
Sprout, grow
Harbinger
Precursor, omen, forerunner
Impasse
Road having no exit or dilemma with no solution, deadlock
Malleable
Soft, flexible, yielding
Nomad
Wanderer, vagrant
Obstinate
Stubborn, mulish, dogged
Paradox
Contradiction
Rancor
Animosity, resentment, hatred, malice, spite
Saturate
Soak, fill, drench, permeate
Synopsis
Outline, summary
Tactful
Discrete, political, delicate, judicious
Usurp
Sees, take by force, grab, steal, snatch
Vehement
With deep feeling, passionate, earnest
Wantonly
Randomly, indiscriminately
Acclaim
Praise, enthusiastic