Week 11 Flashcards
Inundate
To flood
The boat inundated and sunk
Fruitless
Useless
The forgetful speech was fruitless
Poignant
Moving, painful to the feelings
The poignant story made me sad
Garbled
Confused, mixed up
The man stumbled over his words making the statement garbled
Sanguine
Optimistic
I’m sanguine for summer
To feather one’s nest
Grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances inappropriately or illegally
Human trafficking is feathering one’s nest
Phlegmatic
Calm, hard to rouse to action
The phlegmatic kid finally snapped and yelled at everyone
Alibi
Something that gets you out of trouble
I was innocent because I had an alibi
Corroborate
Confirm, support
The man corroborated that the suspected felon was not there at the time of the crime
Comprehensive
Thorough
We take comprehensive tests
Zealous
Enthusiastic
The zealous man was excited
Coerce
To force, to compel
The man was coerced into admitting the crime
Overzealous
Too enthusiastic, causing problems
The overzealous man was causing problems
Elapse
To pass by in time
I fell asleep and hours elapsed
Meticulous
Careful attention to detail
The crazy meticulous driver memorized every cars license plate
Domicile
Home
This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed
LAX
Careless, negligent
The lax driver swerved off a cliff
Sporadic
Occasional
The man had a sporadic streak
Rash
Too hasty, reckless
The rash kid got beat up
Conjecture
Educated guess
One of the teachers was acting a fool and we had a conjecture it was Blehm
Obviate
To render unnecessary
By next week this word will be obviated
Lurid
Sensational in a disturbing way
The horror movie had lurid scenes
Quip
Joke
The guy told a quip about the persons hair
