Vocabulary Study 4 Flashcards
Credulous
Definition: believing on slight evidence, gullible
Synonyms: naive, unsuspecting, unwary
Aesthetic
Definition: relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
Synonyms: artful, artistic, inventive
Euphemism
Definition: substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive
Synonyms: circumlocution, delicacy, pretense
Exacerbate
Definition: to aggravate, to irritate, to vex
Synonyms: annoy, exasperate, infuriate, provoke
Extol
Definition: to praise, to glorify
Synonyms: acclaim, commend, laud
Gregarious
Definition: sociable and outgoing
Synonyms: affable, convivial, cordial
Incorrigible
Definition: incapable of being reformed or improved
Synonyms: incurable, intractable, irredeemable
Inextricable
Definition: not able to be disentangled
Synonyms: inseparable
Melancholy
Definition: depression of spirits
Synonyms: blue, despondent, disconsolate, gloomy, pensive, woebegone
Petulance
Definition: unreasonable touchiness or irritability
Synonyms: bitterness, cynicism, ill-humor
Pompous
Definition: exaggerated show of self importance; ostentatious
Synonyms: affected, bombastic, flaunting, imperious, narcissistic, pretentious, showy, vainglorious
Precocious
Definition: exceptionally early in development or occurrence
Synonyms: advanced, bright, intelligent, mature
Prologue
Definition: introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action
Synonyms: beginning, exordium, foreword, overture, preface, preamble, prelude
Rancor
Definition: bitter deep seated ill will, enmity
Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, antipathy, malevolence, spite, umbrage, virulence
Repudiate
Definition: to reject, to disown, to disavow
