Vocabulary Flashcards
Bombastic
Boastful; grand language with no real meaning
Asinine
Silly; stupid
Serene
Peaceful; quiet, calm
Sublime
Impressive; awe-inspiring, majestic
Bovine
Stupid, dull, resembling an ox or a cow
Supine
Lying flat on your back, face up; horizontal
Forebode
To predict or fortell
Maritime
Having to do with the sea
Winnow
To rid of undesirable parts
Spawn
Offspring; to produce many of
Prodigious
Enormous in size; quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing
Boor
A rude, unrefined person
Panache
Dashing elegance of manner or style
Forbearance
Patience
Agog
Highly excited by eagerness; extremely enthusiastic
Forthright
Straight to the point
Profound
Intellectually deep; insightful; rising from or affecting the depths of one’s nature
Fiasco
Disaster; complete failure
Doleful
Extremely sad; sorrowful
Opaque
Not transparent; dull & without luster; hard to understand
Annals
Descriptive record; history
Tome
A large book
Cataract
A large waterfall; an eye abnormality
Booty
A valuable prize; goods or property seized by force
Animated
Having life; alive; filled with spirit or activity
Jetsam
Cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a vessel in trouble; discarded odds at ends
Portal
An entrance, door or gate
Throng
A large group of people gathered together
Barrage
A curtain of military fire; any overwhelming attack, as of words or blows
Elite
The best or most skilled members of a group
Fetter
To restrain; to hamper; a chain or shackle; a restraint
Torpid
Dormant; inactive; sluggish; lacking physical or mental energy
Torrid
Intensely hot (describing weather, land); passionate; rapid
Pinguid
Fatty, oily; rich, fertile(describing land)
Dishevel
To make untidy; to disarrange hat or clothing of
Nettle
To irritate; vex
Mottle
To make with spots of blotches of different shades or colors; an irregular pattern of patches or spots of different colors
Prattle
To babble; to talk meaninglessly
Balk
To stop short and refuse to proceed
Curb
To control or check
