Word Knowledge 3 Flashcards
Lackadaisical
Listless
Edible
Digestible
Ex: “The fruit was edible”
Philomaths
Scholars
Ex: “Universities and colleges should be designed to cater to the philomaths.”
Pretense
Dishonesty
Proclivity
Predisposition
Ex: “At an early age Jane showed a proclivity for music and dancing.”
Incoherent
Unintelligible
Ex: “Her conversation was incoherent”
Mawkish
Sentimental
Ex: “The week following Joe DiMaggio’s death was filled with often mawkish eulogies.”
Established
Invented
Ex: “She established proof.”
Ephemeral
Short-lived
Avocation
Occupation
Kvetch
Complain
Acute
Sharp
Ex: “Her eyesight was acute.”
Inamorata
Boyfriend
Inconsequential
Irrelevant
Ex: “Her thoughts on the matter were inconsequential.”
Debouch
Emerge
Amateur
Veteran
Ex: “He was amateur astronomer.”
Ludic
playful
Ex: “She had no idea how to react to her ludic boyfriend.”
Crimson
Red
Ex: “Crimson”
Benison
A blessing; a spoken one
Exempt
Excused
Ex: “She was exempt from gym class.”
Eldritch
Strange
Ex: The eldritch light of the desert can play tricks on your eyes.”
Defective
Flawed
Allot
Assign
Cursory
Superficial
Ex: “The doctor gave the patient a cursory examination.”
Arcanum
Secret
Terse
Brief
Ex: “Her answer was terse.”
Dulcet
Love
Ex: “The dulcet songs of the band got the attention of the audience.”
Misdemeanor
Petty crime
Ex: “He was arrested on a misdemeanor charge.”
Embonpoint
Plumpness
Concocted
Invented
Ex: “He concocted a story about me.”
Chimera
Monster
Ex: “He spent his days searching fruitlessly for that chimera, his true self.”
Former
Previous
Ex: “Her former home was in Colorado.”
Mulct
Defraud
Strident
Harsh
Ex: “My voice is strident.”
Raffish
Tawdry - showy but cheap and of poor quality