Vocabulary Flashcards
Acme
The highest point or stage; pinnacle
Amenable
Liable to be brought to account, answerable
Capable of submission; readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate; willing
Amortization
The act / process / result of paying off or reducing gradually the ost or value of something
Anachronism
Ana + chronos (time)
Error in chronology
Person / thing / state / condition being chronologically out of place
Arbitrary
Existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance
Determined by individual preference / convenience rather than by necessity
Not restrained or limited in exercise of power; unrestrained / tyrannical / absolute authority
Avarice
Excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain, greediness
Bucolic
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Cessation
A temporary or final ceasing, stop
Conspicuous
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Diachronic
Happening over time
Elucidates
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Hubris
Exaggerated pride or self-confidence
Ephemeral
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Lissome
Nimble or easily flexed; easy grace; lithe, nimble
Idiosyncratic
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Nadir
Point of celestial sphere opposite the zenith
The lowest point
Nascent
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Obviate
To anticipate and prevent something or make an action unnecessary
Proscribe
To publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
To condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful
Reticent
Inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech; reserved; reluctant
Synchronic
Happening in a limited time frame or at the same time
Syncretism
The combination of different forms of belief or practice
Taciturn
Temperamentally disinclined to talk
Tantamount
Equivalent in value, significance, or effect
