Vocabulary: Words Flashcards
Infirm
Sick, weak and ailing
Nascent
Having recently come into existence
Steadfast
Marked by firm determination or resolution
Askew
Not in a straight or level position
Bellicose
Demonstrating aggression or a willingness to fight
Languorous
Listless or lacking energy
1: producing or tending to produce languor
a languorous climate
those hot and languorous southern days
2: full of or characterized by languor
a languorous soak in the tub may be a rare respite for most women
Insidious
Working in a hidden and usually harmful way
Wretched
Full of misery or of very poor quality
Warble
To sing with a succession of changing notes
Riposte
Quick or clever reply to criticism
Quandary
State of doubt or perplexity
Shun
Ostracize
Perpend
Reflect on carefully
Elegy
Reflective poem
Eulogy
Speech about someone who has recently died
Garner
To earn or collect
Garnish
To decorate or embellish
Barren
Producing little or no vegetation
Cavil
To quibble or make unnecessary objections
Chicanery
Use of trickery or deception
Fret
To worry or feel anxious
Mild
Gentle and easygoing
Tamper
To interfere with something
Upbeat
Cheerful and positive
Tarnish
To dull or destroy the luster of something
Sprout
To grow and develop
Luster
Gloss, polish, sheen, glaze, brilliance.
Enhancement, highlight, embossing, embossment, lustre
Old wives’ tale
Common belief that’s not based on fact
Pique my interest
Something incites curiosity
Wreak havoc
To inflict devastation
Upmost
Highest
Utmost
To the greatest extent or degree
Flaunt
To show off
Flout
To ignore or disobey the rules
Drivel
To talk nonsense
Floe
A sheet of floating ice
Pamper
To spoil or indulge
Pander
To give in to or gratify
Prima donna
The lead or main female singer in an opera company. Prima donna is commonly used as a negative term for a person who’s extremely self-centered and temperamental.
Bona fide
Genuine, real.
Without intention to deceive.
Mannerism
A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving.
Excessive use of a distinctive style in art, literature, or music.
Muditâ
Joy, specially sympathetic or vicarious joy.
Also, the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people’s well-being.
Qualm
An uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct.
A misgiving.
A momentary faint or sick feeling.
Curtailment
Reducción
Default
Loss resulting from failure to pay a debt
Modicum
Moderate or small amount of a thing
Chagrin
Strong feeling of embarrasment
Suave
Charming, confident, and elegant (typically used of a man).
“All the waiters were suave and deferential”
Fling
Un “pelito”, un arroz en bajo. Una relación que no es seria.
a short period of doing enjoyable things that you usually do not do
to throw or move something suddenly and with force:
to say something angrily
Rambunctious
Full of energy and difficult to control:
rambunctious children
a lively and rambunctious puppy
Sinónimos
boisterous
unruly
Banter
1: to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
She laughed and bantered him a little, remembering too late that she should have been dignified and reserved.
Penchant
Strong liking: She had a penchant for horror movies and made all of her friends watch them with her.
Bereft
1a: deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something —usually used with of
both players are instantly bereft of their poise
— A. E. Wier
b: lacking something needed, wanted, or expected —used with of
the book is … completely bereft of an index
— The Times Literary Supplement (London)
Gossamer
1: a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather
2: something light, delicate, or insubstantial
the gossamer of youth’s dreams
— Andrea Parke
Panache
1: an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet
The palace guard had a panache on his helmet.
2: dash or flamboyance in style and action : VERVE
flashed his … smile and waved with the panache of a big-city mayor
— Joe Morgenstern
Tuft
1a: a small cluster of elongated flexible outgrowths attached or close together at the base and free at the opposite ends
especially : a growing bunch of grasses or close-set plants
b: a bunch of soft fluffy threads cut off short and used as ornament
2: CLUMP, CLUSTER
3: MOUND
4: any of the projections of yarns drawn through a fabric or making up a fabric so as to produce a surface of raised loops or cut pile
Chicanery
1: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : TRICKERY
He wasn’t above using chicanery to win votes.
2: a piece of sharp practice (as at law) : TRICK
resorted to political chicaneries
financial chicaneries
Resplendent
Lat. Resplendentem: brilliant
Abashed
Feeling ill at ease, self-concious, or ashamed.
Abridge
To shorten by condesing or rewriting
Confound
To cause surprise or confusion
Enthralling
Cpturing interest as if by a spell
Jocular
Characterized by jokes and good humor
Overwrought
Deeply agitated, especially from emotion
Scurrilous
Expressing offensive reproach
Verbatim
Using exactly the same words
Amendment
constitution) by parliamentary or constitutional procedure
rights that were granted by amendment of the Constitution
b: an alteration proposed or effected by this process
a constitutional amendment
2: the act of amending something : CORRECTION
3: a material (such as compost or sand) that aids plant growth indirectly by improving the condition of the soil
soil amendments
Bereavement
The state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
Boisterous
1a: noisily turbulent : ROWDY
b: marked by or expressive of exuberance and high spirits
2: STORMY, TUMULTUOUS
Oneiric
Lat. Oneiros. Dreamy
of, relating to, or suggestive of dreams
Verbiage
Definition of verbiage
1: a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
such a tangled maze of evasive verbiage as a typical party platform
— Marcia Davenport
2: manner of expressing oneself in words : DICTION
sportswriters guarded their verbiage so jealously
— R. A. Sokolov
Doleful
1: full of grief : CHEERLESS a doleful face 2: expressing grief : SAD a doleful melody 3: causing grief or affliction a doleful loss
Inchoate
Being only partly in existence or operation
Expedient
Something done or used to achieve a particular end usually quickly or temporarily : an expedient action or solution
Sycophant
a servile self-seeking flatterer
Tableau
1: a graphic description or representation : PICTURE
winsome tableaux of old-fashioned literary days
— J. D. Hart
2: a striking or artistic grouping : ARRANGEMENT, SCENE
3[short for tableau vivant (from French, literally, living picture)] : a depiction of a scene usually presented on a stage by silent and motionless costumed participants
Appreciable
A considerable amount
Appreciative
To feel or show gratitude
Bouillon
Broth
Bullion
A mass of gold and silver
Denounce
Proclaim something or someone as bad
Renounce
Formally reject or give up something
Envelop
Wrap up or surround
Hallow
Honor as holy or be holy
Historic
Something monumental or of great importance
Historical
Related to history
Revue
Theatrical act
Raucous
Unpleasantly loud and rough
Unflappable
Undisturbed. Not easily perturbed, excited or upset.
Thwart
To hinder or prevent
Fortuitous
Lucky
Cantakerous
Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Admonition
⚠️ Warning.
Cautionary advice about something imminent
Eponymous
Having a person’s name in the title
Broach
Open up for discussion
Hew
Chop or cut
Liable
To be responsible or accountable
Libel
False and incendiary statements written about a person
Spar
Friendly argument
Spur
Something that causes a reaction
Ought to be
Should be (British)
