Week 3 Flashcards
Flag
To signal, with or as with a flag
- To fall off in energy, vigor, interest, or activity
- To droop or hang loose
Somatic
- Pertaining to the body (as opposed to the mind, a body part, or the environment) 2. Relating to the wall of the body cavity
Fluke
A stroke of good luck; a chance occurrence or accident
Doff
- To take off or remove (as clothes); to tip or remove (one’s hat) in greeting 2. To put aside or discard
Apocryphal
Of questionable authenticity or origin; spurious
Scurvy
A wasting disease caused by vitamin C deficiency Contemptible, despicable, or mean
Apposite
Appropriate, relevant, or apt
Squalid
Foul, dirty, or wretched, as from extreme poverty or neglect Morally repulsive or sordid
Garrulous
Wordy; overly talkative and given to long, rambling, often trivial speech
Gambol
To frolic, to skip or leap about playfully
Fulminate
- To send out or issue with denunciation, invective, or condemnation
- To explode
Salubrious
Promoting or conducive to health or well being
Abscission
The act of cutting off
Gauche
Lacking in tact, sensitivity, or other social graces
Truculent
Ferocious, cruel, or savage; Deadly or destructive
Scating or harsh; belligerent or agressive; disposed to fighting
Asperity
Rigor or severity;
Roughness, unveness. or harhness, as of surface or sound;
Roughness or harhness of manner or temper
Finesse
Skillful or adroit handling
Refinement or delicacy or performance, skill, or workmanship
Germane
Relevant or closely related
Viscid
Having a sticky, adhesive , or viscous quality or consistency
Glib
Fluent in speaking or writing to the point of insincerity or thoughtlessness;
Done with natural ease or offhand nonchalance
Requite
To repay or make return for; to reciprocate
To avenge
To compense for a service, benefit, or injury
Grouse
To complain, grumble
A greivance, a persistent complaint
Any of various types of plump, chicken-like game birds
Appreciable
Possible to see, measure, or estimate
Dilate
- To cause to expand, to widen or enlarge
- To speak or write at length on a subject
Subside
To sink to a lower or normal level (such as a fever); to sink or settle down (as onto a couch or to the bottom of a river.
To become less agitated or active.
Redundant
More than necessary, superfluous
Excessively wordy or repetitive
Antipathy
An aversion, disliking, or distaste for
An object of dislike or aversion
Convoluted
Having a great number of coils, loops, or folds
Intricate or involved
Mitigate
To moderate (the force, intensity, or strength of) or alleviate
Sangfroid
Self-possession or composure, especially under stress
Implosion
Forceful collapse inward
Condone
To overlook, dismiss, or forgive (an offense)
Catalyst
Something precipitating, provoking, or accelerating an action, event, or change.
A substance that starts or speeds a chemical reaction
Intemperance
Indulgence of passions or appetites
Excessive drinking of alcohol
Stalwart
Strong or vigorous in mind, body, or spirit
Augment
To enlarge, make greater, more intense, or more numerous
Abridge
To cut short, condense (especially of a written work)
Indifferent
Not caring, having no interest, unbiased, impartial
Verbose
Using more words than necessary, wordy
Squelch
To crush or squash as if by trampling
Toquell or suppress completely
To silence, as by a crushing remark
To emit a splashing, sucking sound
Emaciate
Wastedaway, enfeebled, or made extremely thin
Etempore
Done, said, or composed with little or no preparation
Forestall
To hinder or prevent in advance
To anticipate or deal with in advance
To buy up goods so as to drive up prices for resale
Analogous
Similar or related so that one can draw an analogy or comparison
Quiescence
The state of being quiescent, tranquil restfulness or repose
Adulterate
To make impure or corrup by adding foreign or inerior materials or ingredients, particularly in preparation for sale
Nabob
A person who is wealthy, prominent, or important
A provincial governor of India’s Magul empire (historical)
Cardinal
Of prime importance, chief, main
Puissance
Power, might
