Vocabulary Group 1-4 Flashcards
ameliorate
become better; make better; improve; enhance (antonym. Worsen)
amelioration
improvement (antonym. Degradation)
Conserve
Keep from waste, loss, or decay; save (ant. Waste)
Conservation
preservation from loss, injury, or waste
Conservationist
One who advocates the conservation of natural resources
detrimental
harmful; damaging
exotic
- Introduced from another country; foreign (ant. native, indigenous)
- strikingly unusual; strange
folly
lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking (ant. wisdom)
formerly
in an earlier period; previously (ant.now)
former
preceding; previous (ant. latter)
harmony
peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility; concord (ant. conflict; disharmony)
harmonious
friendly; amicable
ignore
refuse to take notice of; disregard (ant. heed)
ignoramus
ignorant; stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop
impediment
something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle ( ant. aid)
impede
interfere with or slow the progress of; hinder; obstruct
indolent
dispose to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic (ant. industrious)
indolence
idleness; laziness
intact
untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured (ant. imperfect)
invalid
not binding into law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory (ant. valid)
invalidate
abolish; annul
invalid
sickly or disabled person
non carcinogenic
not producing, or tending to produce, cancer (ant. carcinogenic)
parsimonious
unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted (ant. generous)
Parsimony
Stinginess; parsimonious (ant. generosity; liberality)
raze
destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level (ant. erect)
reticent
inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved (ant. Frank)
Reticence
Restraint in communicating (ant. Frankness)
retire
- Withdraw from active duty or business
2. Go to bed (ant. rise)
retort
answer; reply sharply or angrily (ant. ask)
retort (n.)
quick, witty, or sharp reply; answer
subvert
overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine (ant. uphold)
subversion
sabotage; undermining
tractable
easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding docile; amendable (ant. unruly; intractable)
tractability
obedience
Baffle
bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate
baffling
frustrating; bewildering
cinema
movies; motion picture industry
cinematography
art of making motion pictures
despise
look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior (ant. admire)
Despicable
worthy of contempt; contemptible (ant. laudable)
ebullient
overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious
ebullience
exuberance (flowing with enthusiasm)
exaggerate
overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify (ant. minimize)
exaggeration
overstatement (ant. understatement)
exhort
arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
exhortation
urgent; recommendation; advice
expertise
specialized skill or technical knowledge; know how; expertness
finicky
excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
gall
make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
gall (n.)
brazen boldness; nerve (ant. meekness)
inane
lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid (ant. deep; profound)
inanity
foolishness; shallowness
indemnify
compensate for loss; damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
Occident
West; countries of America and Europe (ant. Orient)
Occidental
Western (ant. Oriental)
Peruse
read; look at fairly attentively; study
perusal
reading; study
Scuffle
struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
Scuffle (n)
Brawl; fight
Spurn
thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject (ant. accept )
Stipend
fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship; winner
surveillance
Close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision
Tepid
moderately warm; lukewarm
tepidly
unenthusiastic, lukewarmly
wager
risk something on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
wager
bet
wane
Decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink (ant. wax)
abhorrent
in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable (ant. admirable)
abhor
utterly detest; loathe; hate
admonish
reprove gently but seriously; warn of fault; caution (ant. commend)
admonition
gentle warning; friendly reproof
ambrosial
extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; heavenly
Confine
shut up; imprison; keep in narrow; cramped quarters (ant. Free)
Confinement
imprisonment
decade
period of ten years
detonate
explode with suddenness and violence; cause something to explode
detonation
explosion
ephemeral
lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short lived; transient (ant. permanent; perpetual)
gullible
easily deceived or cheated; credulous (ant. astute)
gull
deceive; cheat
haggle
dispute or argue over price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle
immerse
- plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck
2. engross; absorb
immersion
state of being deeply engrossed; absorption
insomnia
inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness
insomniac
person suffering from insomnia
lapse
- slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault
2. interval
lapse
cease being in force; become invalid
probe
critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation
prober
investigator
render
hand down officially; deliver; give
rendering
presentation; interpretation
repast
food for one occasion of eating; meal
replenish
bring back to condition of being full; refill
score
group of twenty; twenty
snub
act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; slight; insult
snub
treat with disdain or contempt; slight
suture
strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material
unwittingly
unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently
acquit
- relieve from acquisition; pronounce not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate (ant. convict)
- Perform one’s part; conduct oneself
acquittal
exculpation; discharge (ant. conviction)
complex
having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated; intricate (ant. simple)
complexity
difficulty; intricacy (ant. simplicity)
consign
give, transfer, or deliver. as if by signing over; hand over; commit
consignee
person to whom something is shipped
effrontery
shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah
excruciating
causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful
forbearance
act of forbearing (refraining), abstaining; leniency; patience (ant. anger)
hamper
interfere with; hinder; impede (ant. aid)
nettlesome
literally full of nettles (plants with stinging hairs); irritating; causing annoyances or vexation
Oblivious
forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting
oblivion
condition of being forgotten or unknown; forgetfulness
Prodigious
extraordinary in the amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge; colossal (ant. tiny)
Prodigy
person of extraordinary talent or ability; wonder
rejuvenate
Make young or youthful again; give new vigor to; rejuvenate; refresh
Residue
whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; rest
Residual
Remaining after a part is used or taken
Salutary
favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious (ant. deleterious)
Scrutinize
Examine very closely; inspect; vet
scrutiny
examination; inspection; review
Supersede
Force out of use; displace; supplant; replace
Sweltering
Oppressively hot; torrid; sultry (ant. frigid)
Swelter
Suffer from oppressive heat
unruffled
not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; imperturbable; collected (ant. discomposed)
unwieldy
hard to wield (handle) because of size or weight; unmanageable; bulky; cumbersome
unwieldiness
Bulkiness
withdraw
- Take back; remove (ant. deposit)
2. draw back; go away; retreat; leave (ant. advance)
Withdrawal
- Taking back; removal
2. drawing back; retreat; departure (ant. approach)
Zany
having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; clownish; loony
Zany (noun)
clown; buffoon
