Vocabulary Volume III Flashcards
Abrogate(v)
That law is not in effect anymore; it has been (canceled, repealed, annulled).
Accost (v)
When I came into the inn, a stranger (saluted me, approached me with a greeting) me.
Adjudicate (v)
Who will (settle, decide, adjudge) their dispute.
Ameliorate (v)
We must (help, better, improve) the condition of those who live in slums
Antithesis(n)
Love is the (opposite, contrast) of hate.
Aquiline(adj)
An (curved, hawk like) nose makes a face look forceful.
Benignant (adj)
The doctor always greeted children with a (kindly, gracious) smile.
Bland (adj)
His manners were (mild, smooth, suave).
Cant (n)
His speech was so full of (insincerity, meaningless phrases, hypocrisy) that his educated listeners could not take him seriously.
Chauvinism (n)
He boasts of his race not reasonably but wih (fanatical pride, contempt of anohter group, jingoism).
Contemporary (n)
The child is embarressed by adults, but he gets along well with his (those of the same age, his coevals).
Convivial (adj)
He’ll surely come to the party; he is so (sociable, jovial, companianable).
Decadent (adj)
History shows that in some corrupt periods, morals were (declining, decaying, deteriorating).
Corpulent (adj)
She became so (fat, stout, obese) that she could no longer get into the car.
Derision (n)
He tried to get a serious hearing for his ideas, but was gretted with (scornful laughter, mockery, ridicule).
Disconcerted (adj)
I was (confused, taken by surprise, embarrassed) to find that my rival had won the contest so easily.
Effervescent (adj)
Jane laughs and chatter; she’s as (lively, bubbling, vivacious) as champagne.
Embroil (v)
Don’t let those women (entangle, involve, implicate) you in their quarrels.
Ennui(n)
People who have everything they wish for often fall into (boredom, the blues, melancholy).
Evanescent (adj)
A good joke is often an (passing, transitory, ephemeral) thing, utterly incomprehensible to a later generation.
