Vocabulary List #3 Flashcards
guileless
honest; straightforward
hapless
unfortunate
headlong
headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought:
homogenous
similar in nature or kind; uniform: “a homogeneous society
iconoclast
one who attacks traditional ideas or institutions or one who destroys sacred images
impecunious
penniless; poor
imperious
commanding
implication
insinuation or connotation
imply
to suggest indirectly; to entail
improvidence
an absence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events
inchoate
in an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized
incorrigible
not capable of being corrected
indelible
permanent; unerasable; strong
ineffable
undescribable; inexpressible in words; unspeakable
infer
to deduce
ingenious
clever
ingenuous
unsophisticated
inhibit
to hold back, prohibit, forbid, or restrain
innocuous
harmless; having no adverse affect; not likely to provoke strong emotion
insensible
numb; unconscious
insipid
lacking zest or excitement; dull
insular
of or pertaining to an island, thus, excessively exclusive
intransigent
stubborn; immovable; unwilling to change
irascible
prone to outbursts of temper, easily angered
laconic
using few words; terse
latent
present or potential but not evident or active
laudable
praiseworthy; commendable
leviathan
giant whale, therefore, something very large
loquacious
talkative
lucid
clear; translucent
lugubrious
weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree
magnanimity
generosity and nobility
malevolent
malicious; evil; having or showing ill will
misanthrope
one who hates people
misnomer
incorrect name or word for something
misogynist
one who hates women
mitigate
to make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable
nefarious
wicked, evil
noisome
harmful, offensive, destructive
obdurate
hardened against influence or feeling; intractable
obviate
to prevent by anticipatory measures; to make unnecessary
occlude
to close or shut off; to obstruct
opaque
not transparent or transluscent; dense; difficult to comprehend
ossified
turned to bone; hardened like bone; Inflexible
panegyric
a writing or speech in praise of a person or thing
peccadillo
a small sin or fault
pedantic
showing a narrow concern for rules or formal book learning; making an excessive display of one’s own learning
perfidious
deliberately treacherous; dishonest
petulant
easily or frequently annoyed, especially over trivial matters; childishly irritable
philanthropy
tendency or action for the benefit of others, as in donating money or property to a charitible organization
phlegmatic
not easily excited; cool; sluggish
placate
to calm or reduce anger by making concessions
plastic
related to being shaped or molded; capable of being molded
plethora
excessively large quantity; overabundance
ponderous
heavy; massive; awkward; dull
pragmatic
concerned with facts; practical, as opposed to highly principled or traditional
precipice
cliff with a vertical or nearly vertical face; a dangerous place from which one is likely to fall; metaphorically, a very risky circumstance
precipitate
to fall; to fall downward suddenly and dramatically; to bring about or hasten the occurrence of something:
precursor
something (or someone) that precedes another
prevaricate
to stray away from or evade the truth
prodigal
rashly wasteful
propitiate
to conciliate; to appease
Pulchritudinous
beautiful
pusillanimous
cowardly, timid, or irreselute; pett
quiescence
inactivity; stillness; dormancy
rarefy
to make or become thin; to purify or refine
reproof
the act of censuring, scolding, or rebuking.
rescind
to repeal or annul
sagacious
having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment.
sanguine
cheerful; confident
sate
to satisfy fully or to excess
saturnine
having a gloomy or morose temperament
savant
a very knowledgable person; a genious
sedulous
diligent; persevering; persistent
specious
seemingly true but really false; deceptively convincing or attractive
superficial
only covering the surface
tacit
unspoken
taciturn
habitually untalkative or silent
temperate
exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild
tirade
an angry speech
tortuous
twisted; excessively complicated
tractable
ability to be easily managed or controlled
turpitude
depravity; baseness
tyro
beginner; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor
vacuous
empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence:
venerate
great respect or reverence
