Vocabulary Quiz 15 Flashcards
Harangue
(n) a speech addressed to an assembly, a loud or vehement address, a tirade. (v) to make an address or speech to an assembly, to deliver a harangue
Macabre
(Adj) gruesome and horrifying, ghastly, horrible. Representing or relating to death
Despotic
(adj) of, pertaining to the nature of despotism. Autocratic, tyrannical
Quagmire
(n) an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread. A bog, a situation from which extrication is very difficult. A quagmire of financial indebtedness. Anything soft or flabby
Insipid
(adj) without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities, vapid, without sufficient taste to be pleasing
Spurious
(adj) not genuine, authentic, or true. Not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source. Counterfeit. Of illegitimate birth.
Dogmatic
(adj) a statement forcibly asserted as authorities or unchallengeable. Prone to make such statements. Relating to dogma. (adj) based on assumption not observation
Trepidation
(n) tremulous agitation, confused hurry or alarm, confusion, flurry, perturbation
Nascent
(adj) beginning to develop or exist
Hackneyed
(adj) made commonplace or trite, banal
Enervate
(v) to deprive of force, strength. To destroy the vigor of, to weaken
Lithe
(adj) moving or bending readily or with ease. Pliant, limber, supple
Solicitous
(Adj) anxious or concerned, (followed by about or for) . Solicitous about health. Anxious desirous, careful or particular
Substantiate
(V) to verify, confirm, provide, supporting evidence
Undermine
(v) to sabotage, thwart. To erode, make insecure, cause to fall
