Week 2 Flashcards
Capable of being believable; plausible.
Credible (the shocking but credible report of mice in the kitchen Eddie up all night.)
Appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile.
Conciliatory (after arguing endlessly with them for weeks, Connie switched to a more conciliatory tone with her parents once prom season arrived.)
To free from blame.
Exonerate (Michael was exonerated of all charges.)
Indisputable; not open to question.
Incontrovertible (the videotape of the robbery provided incontrovertible evidence against the suspect, he was obviously guilty.)
To officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime.
Indict (Pres. Nixon’s aides were indicted during the Watergate scandal.)
Prone to engage in lawsuits.
Litigious (Sarah was a litigious little girl; at one point, she tried to sue her dog.)
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause.
Partisan (today’s partisan politics are so antagonistic that it is difficult to reach a successful compromise on any issue.)
Equality, as in amount, status, or value. (antonym: disparity)
Parity (the judges at the Olympics must score each athletes performance with parity; such in partial treatment is hard since one always wants to root for one’s own country.)
Moral uprightness; righteousness.
Rectitude (thanks to his unerring sense of fairness and justice, Victor was a model of moral rectitude.)
Lax in attending to duty; negligent.
Remiss (Cassie was remiss in fulfilling her Miss America duties; she didn’t even come close to ending world hunger.)
To reject the validity or authority of.
Repudiate (I repudiated the teachers arguments about Empress Wu’s reputation by showing him that the reports of her cruelty or from unreliable sources.)
Feigning piety or righteousness.
Sanctimonious (the sanctimonious scholar had actually been plagiarizing other people’s works for years.)
Principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting.
Scrupulous (Evans scrupulous behavior began to annoy his friends when he called the cops on them for toilet paper and their teacher’s house.)
Concerned.
Solicitous (The parents asked solicitous questions about the college admissions of officers family.)
To support with proof or evidence; verify.
Substantiate (the argument was substantiated by clear facts and hard evidence.)
Adherence to the truth; truthfulness.
Veracity (since Vera was known for her veracity, it came as a complete shock when her family found out she had lied on her application.)
To free from blame. (2)
Vindicate (Mrs. Layton was finally vindicated after her husband admitted to the crime.)
To urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery.
Cajoled (the sweet talking senior cajoled an impressionable junior into seeing the Lord of the rings for the 10th time.)
Trickery.
Chicanery.
Submissive: excessively eager to please or obey.
Obsequious.
Insincere, obsequious flatterer
Sycophant.
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness.
Altruism.
Distinguished; prominent
Eminent.
Identifying with and understanding of another’s situation, feelings, and motives.
Empathetic.
To praise highly.
Extol.
Full of praise.
Laudatory.
Courageously or generously noble in mind or heart.
Magnanimous.
Humanitarian; benevolent; relating to generosity.
Philanthropic.
To mutually take or give; respond in kind.
Reciprocate.
No longer existing or functioning.
Defunct.
To get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish.
Eradicate.
To put down forcibly; suppress.
Quell.
To level to the ground; demolish.
Raze.
To crush as if by trampling; squash.
Squelch.
To seize without right the place of,especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics.
Supplant.
To thwart or stump.
Stymie.
To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem.
Abase.
To mock contemptuously - (a powerful feeling of dislike toward somebody or something)
Deride.
Insulting or intended to insult.
Derogatory.
To speak of negatively; to belittle.
Disparage.
Shameless nerve; brazen boldness; presumptuousness.
Effrontery.
Great personal dishonor or humiliation.
Ignominy.
To attack as false or questionable.
Impugn.
To damage, especially in a disfiguring way.
Mar.
(adj) Disparaging, belittling, insulting.
Pejorative.
To annoy or bother; to perplex.
Vex.
Disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful.
Vindictive.
