Vocabulary Flashcards
Abase
To lower, demean, degrade
Abate
To lessen, reduce in severity
Abbreviate
To shorten, reduce
Abduct
To kidnap
Aberration
A deviation from the expected course
Abhor
To hate, loathe
Abject
Of the most miserable kind
Abrogate
To abolish, often by authority
Abscond
To sneak away and hide
Accede
To agree
Accommodating
Obliging, helpful
Accost
To approach or confront aggressively
Acumen
Keen insight
Affluent
Rich, wealthy
Aggregate
To gather, amass
Agoraphobia
Phobia of open or public spaces
Akimbo
With hands on hips and elbows extending outwards
Aphid
Frigid, cold
Allay
To sooth, assuage
Altercation
An argument
Almagamation
A union, a merger
Ambivalent
Having contrary beliefs
Ameliorate
To make better
Amorous
Showing or relating to love
Anomaly
Something that is out of the normal
Aphorism
Short saying
Apparitional
Ghostly, haunted
Arbitrator
One who settles disagreements
Ascetic
One who practices restraint
Augment
To make larger
Baleful
Threatening
Benign
Non-threatening, innocuous
Bereft
Without, devoid of
Bulk
To cheat, swindle
Blandish
To coax with flattery
Bourgeois
Middle class
Brutal
Relating to winter
Burgeon
To come forth, blossom
Cacophony
Noise, discordant sound
Cadence
Rhythm
Calumny
An attempt to sedate another’s reputation
Camaraderie
Cheerful unity in a group
Capricious
Impulsive and unpredictable
Carouse
To revel, party
Cavort
To frolic and leap
Circumlocution
Indirect language
Circumspect
Cautious
Cogent
Intelligent, viable
Comatose
Lethargic and slow
Commodious
Spacious, roomy
Complicit
Being an accomplice in a wrongful act
Conciliatory
Agreeable, friendly
Concord
Agreement
Conduit
A pipe, passage, tunnel
Confluence
A coming together
Confound
To frustrate
Contusion
Bruise, injury
Convalescence
The gradual return to health after illness
Copious
Abundant, plentiful
Corpulent
Very fat
Cursory
Brief to the point of being superficial
Dearth
A lack, scarcity
Defunct
No longer used or existing
Deleterious
Harmful
Deluge
Something that overwhelms like a flood
Disrelict
Run down, abandoned
Despondent
Discouraged, hopeless
Diaphanous
Transparent, light
Dilapidated
In a state of disrepair
Diminutive
Miniature
Discrete
Separate, distinct
Discreet
Prudent or inconspicuous
Divergent
Different, contrary
Dissonance
Lack of harmony or agreement
Divisive
Causing conflict, opposition
Domicile
A home, residence
Doppelgänger
A ghostly double of a living person
Elocution
The art of public speaking
Elucidate
To clarify
Enervate
To weaken
Entomology
Study of insects
Espouse
To support, or to marry
Espy
To catch sight of
Ethereal
Heavenly, exceptionally refined
Euphoric
Elated, overjoyed
Exacerbate
To make more violent or intense
Excursion
An outing
Exigency
Critical, urgent
Existential
Relating to existence
Fabulist
Maker of tales; a liar
Fallacious
Incorrect and misleading
Familial
Relating to family
Fatuous
Silly foolish
Fecund
Fertile, fruitful
Fetter
to restrain, chain
Fey
Magical
Firmament
The sky, heavens
Flaccid
Limp
Flout
To scorn, ignore, show contempt for
Fortuitous
Lucky
Frenetic
Frenzied, hectic
Goad
To provoke by accident
Gourmand
One who likes eating and drinking
Grandiose
Extraordinary
Grotto
A small cave or cavern
Hail
To come from
Hedonist
One whose primary pursuit is pleasure
Hiatus
An interruption in continuity
Hiemal
Relating to winter
Immutable
Not able to change
Impecunious
Excessively poor
Impudent
Rude, improper
Incessant
Without interuption
Inclement
Story, bad, severe
Indictment
An accusation of wrongdoing
Inextricable
Hopelessly confused or tangled
Inimical
Hostile, threatening
Innate
Inborn, native, inherent
Innocuous
Harmless
Inundate
To flood
Invective
A verbal attack
Irascible
Easily angered
Juxtapose
To put next to each other
Laceration
A rip or cut
Lachrymose
Tearful