Vocabulary Lesson 5 Flashcards
ascend
s: to go up; to rise
a: descend
austere
s: stern; unyeilding; ascetic
a: flexible, indulgent
*banal
s: insipid; dull; trite; ordinary
a: original; extraordinary
benign
s: beneficial; kind; gentle
a: unkind; malignant
*capricious
s: changeable; erratic; fickle
a: constant
depravity
s: corrupt nature; wickedness
a: morality
taciturn
s: quiet; saying little; usually silent
a: talkative
*engender
s: to originate; to produce; to propagate
a: destroy
*enigma
s: obscure statement; mystery
a: understanding
*furtive
s: surreptitious; secret; sneaky; sly
a: open
extol
s: to glorify; to laud; to lift up
a: condemn
esoteric
s: mysterious
a: obvious; understandable to all
exacerbate
s: infuriate
a: mollify; pacify
laud
s: acclaim
a: defame; criticize
*levity
s: hilarity; frivolity
a: seriousness; gloominess
nullify
s: cancel
a: make effective; initiate
opaque
s: clouded; dull
a: transparent
*prolific
s: productive
a: barren; unfruitful
*repudiate
s: abandon; reject
a: adopt; acknowledge
*reticence
s: hesitation; silence
a: candor; outspokenness
servile
s: subservient
a: authoritative
disparity
s: difference; inequality
a: similarity
virulent
s: poisonous
a: harmless; kind
*ephemeral
s: short lived; temporary
a: timeless; eternal