Word List#2 Flashcards
Abrasive
Rough
Accelerate
To speed up
Accord
Agreement
Adjacent
Next to
Adverse
Opposing
Agenda
A list of things to do
Agony
Extreme pain
Akin
Similar to
Allot
To give out
Ambiguous
Having more than one meaning
Ample
Plentiful. Enough
Anesthetic
Painkiller
Anticipate
To expect
Appeal
Attractiveness. To request
Aappropriate
Proper. To seize
Arbitrary
Random
Ascertain
To find out for making inquiries
Atheist
One who does not believe in God
Audible
Able to be heard
Baffle
To fool. To confuse
Barren
Not capable of producing vegetation
Benchmark
A standard for measuring something
Bizarre
Strange
Blueprint
Plan. Design for a building
Bonanza
Huge. Unexpected profit
Braggart
One who brags a lot
Brittle
Easy to break
Burly
Muscular
Calamity
Disaster
Capacity
Available space
Cease
To stop
Census
An official population count
Chronicle
Story
Cliche
Overused phrase
Colleague
Co-worker
Compatible
Able to get along well together
Complementary
Completing. Going well together
Composite
Made up of separate parts
Compromise
Settlement in which each party surrenders something they want
Concussion
Head injury
Confinement
Imprisonment
Conscientious
Careful. Ethical
Conservative
Traditional
Constituents
1: parts of a whole. 2: voters
Contemporary
Of the same time. Present
Contract
To shorten. To shrink
Conversion
Change
Correspondence
Similarity. Communication
Counterfeiter
One who makes fake money
Creases
Lines. Wrinkles
Critic
One who makes unfavorable comments. Reviewer
Cunning
Sly. Devious
Decelerate
To slow down
Decomposition
Process of falling apart. Disintegration
Deflect
To block. To push of to the side
Deliberate
Carefully considered and planned. Intentional
Deplete
To use up. To exhaust the supply of
Desertion
Abondonment
Diction
Choice of words
Diligent
Hard working
Disbar
To expel a lawyer from law practice
Disclosure
Something released
Discredit
To disbelieve
Disengagement
Separation
Disinclination
Unwillingness
Dismiss
To send away
Disrobe
To take off ones clothes
Distasteful
Unlike able
Divergence
Separation
Downheartedness
Sadness
Dubious
Doubtful
Dutiful
Obidient
Economize
To save
Elongate
To make longer
Embroidery
Needlework decoration
Empathy
Sympathy
Endure
To tolerate.
To last
Enmesh
To catch. To untangle
Entrepreneur
Independent businessmen
Eradicate
To get rid of
Essence
Basic nature. Most important part of something
Explicit
Clear obvious
Extroverted
Outgoing, friendly
Facilitate
To make easier
Feasible
Possible
Flower
To blossom
Forge
To move steadily
Fragrant
Pleasant smelling
Frenzy
Temporary madness
Garland
Circle of leaves or flowers
Gibberish
Nonsense
Goal
Score in soccer
Grant
Gift, to give
Grim
Terrible
Gulf
Huge gap
Haggard
Looking tired
Harbor
Place where the ships dock
Headstrong
Determined, stubborn
Hemorrhage
Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding
High-minded
Showing high morals or feelings
Homogeneous
The same throughout
Hybrid
A blend of two things
Hypothetical
Theoretical
Abhor
To hate
Idiom
An expression of language
Immaculate
Clean, pure
Impartial
Neutral, objective
Imperious
Bossy, acting like a king
Imposition
Inconvenience, burden
Inaccessible
Not able to be reached or entered
Not understandable
Incarcerate
To improsin
Inconclusive
Without final results
Incurious
Not caring
Indigenous
Native
Induced
Persuaded
Brought about
Inevitable
Unavoidable
Inhabit
To live in
Innumerable
Countless
Insistent
Demanding
Instigate
To provoke
Integrity
Honesty
Intimate
Close
To imply
Thorough
Inventory
A list of the goods a business owners
Irretrievable
Impossible to bring back
Jeopardy
Danger, risk
Junction
Where to things meet
Kindle
To start a fire
Landslide
Rocks and earth suddenly fall down a mountain
Lax
Careless
Linger
To hang around
Loiterer
One who hangs around
Luminous
Full of light
Mandatory
Required
Meager
Thin
Not enough
Megaphone
Device used to make ones voice louder
Metaphor
Literary comparison
Migrant
One who often changes his or her place of living
Minnow
Small fish
Mishap
Accident
Monotony
Single, unchanging tone
Mutability
Change ability
Nick
To cut slightly
Novel
New, unusual
Oblige
To do a favor
Oceanographer
One who studies the ocean
Optimism
Positive attitude
Outcast
Someone not accepted by society
Paradox
An apparent contradiction
Passable
Able to be traveled through,
Barely satisfactory
Peer
Companion
To look curiously
Perplex
To confuse
Phenomenon
Occurrence
Pittance
Small amount
Polarize
To divide into opposing groups
Postscript
A note added at the end of a letter
Precursor
One who comes before someone else
Preeminent
Superior
Prescribe
To lay down as a rule
Pretentious
Pretending to be someone your not
Probing
Exploring
Prominent
Standing out
Prose
Ordinary language
Pseudonym
A fake name
Qualitative
Relating to quality
Radical
Extremist
Extreme
Rational
Logical, reasonable
Recital
Musical performance
Recoil
To draw back in alarm or horror
Red tape
Official routines that delay action
Refugee
One who needs protection
Regressive
Going backward
Rejuvenate
To bring back the youthful strength or appearance
Remorse
Regret, sorrow for having done wrong
Repel
To force back
Resent
To feel angry or bitter toward
Resolution
Purpose
Settlement of a problem
Restrain
To hold back
Rift
Crack or fracture
To divide
Robust
Strong
Ruthless
Cruel
Sage
Wise
Seasonal
Once each season
Serene
Calm, peaceful
Severity
Harshness
Shunned
Rejected
Smirk
To smile in a self-satisfied way
Solitude
Isolation
Span
The distance between two items
Spouse
Husband or wife
Stale
Tasteless
Stereotype
Oversimplified opinion
Generalization based on perceived pattern
Stubble
Short stalks of grain
Suburbanite
One who lives outside the city
Surge
To increase suddenly
Sycophant
Asskisser
Synthetic
Man-made, artificial
Taint
Trace of something bad
Tangible
Clear and certain
Touchable
Tenacious
Persisting
Terse
Short and to the point
Toxic
Poisonous
Treachery
Deceitfulness
Turbulence
Storylines
Sudden movements
Ultramodern
Very new
Unconditional
Without conditions
Unfashionable
Not stylish
Unpopular
Unmask
To reveal
Uproarious
Extremely funny
Vaccinate
To give a shot that protects against disease
Veil
Cloth used to cover the face
To hide
Verify
To prove
To confirm
Vibrant
Lively
Weld
To join metals or plastics by beating
Yielding
Giving in
Zeal
Enthusiasm
