Wk 2 Vocabs Flashcards
perfidy
treachery
“By signing a secret deal with the opposing party, he put his perfidy on full display”
fracas
disturbance, welter, bedlam, maelstrom
“What brought about this fracas? It’s a Monday morning.”
presumptuous
too bold, brazen
“Approaching her at the bar was reasonable but asking for a date that same day was just presumptuous”
specious
false, dubious, spurious, apocryphal, factitious, fallacious
“His conclusions on the experiment though sounded considerable, were specious. There were some inaccuracies in the analysis of the results”
approbation
praise
“The crowd erupted with approbation when Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his vice”
complaisant
tractable,obliging
“Unlike high school students, middle schoolers are easier to coordinate as they are complaisant”
foment
foster, engender, incite
“Soka’s relatively shallow curriculum foments extreme disorganization in the academic life of students”
innocuous
harmless, guileless
“With a kill rate of about 2000 humans per year, hippos can be anything but innocuous”
exculpate
absolve
“Jesus died on the cross to exculpate mankind of its iniquities”
abate
reduce in intensity
“The storm abated only after 4 hours”
obstinate
obdurate, stubborn, mulish
“ I wonder how I was able to solve that obstinate problem on the math test”
prodigious
bulky, extremely large
“In the early 2000s, Elon Musk took on the prodigious quest to overcome the gas vehicle industry with Tesla”
stolid
emotionless, stoic, impassive
“When Everton equalized during injury time, you would think Ancelotti would jump around in celebration. He stood there stolid at the touchlines”
derision
mockery
“Trump suffered a ton of derision from Americans who found his hysterical antics ridiculous”
blithe
joyous, mirthful, chirpy, rapturous, indifferent
“ After finding out that he got into Harvard, James blithely hopped downstairs to apprise his parents”
