Word List 25 + Word List 26 Flashcards
colander
n. utensil with perforated bottom
posterity
n. decedents
irremediable
adj. incurable
prurient
adj. having or cause lustful thoughts and desires
taut
adj. tight, ready
resplendent
adj. dazzling, glorious; brilliant
antagotism
n. hostility
thrifty
adj. frugal
cursive
adj. to be flowing, running
attribute
n. essential quality
lewd
adj. to be lustful
ornithologist
n. researchers on birds
savory
adj. enjoyable
vigilance
n. watchfulness, alert
haggle
v. to argue about prices
reek
v. to emit strong odor
vacuous
adj. to be blank
rave
n. over praise
antediluvian
adj. to be antiquated
drone
n. idle person v. to talk dully
stratify
v. to separate into different classes
scruple
v. fret about, hesitate over
paradigm
n. model, paragon
threadbare
adj. to be old and worn
querulous
adj. to be grudging
querulous
adj. to be mourning
talon
n. claw of birds
diffuse
adj. to be long and boring
incursion
n. an invasion
imperial
adj. like an emperor
bogus
adj. to be fake and counterfeit
potent
adj. to be powerful
endemic
adj. to be local and restricted to a single region
painstaking
adj. to show hard work
nutrient
n. nourishing substance
inception
n. the start
cession
n. yielding to others
coqutte
n. flirt, show off
prim
adj. to be very precise and formal
chortle
v. to giggle or chuckle with delight
totter
v. to move steadily
flounder
v. to struggle and thrash about
perimeter
n. outer boundary
seep
v. to ooze
divine
v. to perceive intuitively
awry
adv. wrongly
culvert
n. artificial channel for water
podium
n. pedestal
dilate
v. to distend
unstinging
adj. to be generous
glossary
n. brief explanation of words used in the text
mirth
n. merriment, laughter
entreat
v. plead
lope
v. to gallop slowly
shambles
n. wreckness
symbiosis
n. to interdependent relationship
fickle
adj. to be capricious
wean
v. to give up a cherished activity
cordon
n. extended line of prohibition
vertigo
n. severe dizziness
undulating
adj. move in a wave-like motion
adept
adj. to be expert at
amoral
adj. to be out of moral perspective
disinclination
n. unwillingness
patent
adj. to be open for the public to read
forbearance
n. patience
tepid
adj. to be lukewarm, to give off heat
piebald
adj. to be spotted
laconic
adj. to be brief and to the point
acquiesce
n. the permission
adage
n. wise saying
rejoiner
n. a reply
incur
v. bring upon oneself
audit
n. examination of accounts
slur
v. to speak indistinctly and elusive
touchy
adj. to be sensitive
confine
v. shut in
enclave
n. territory enclosed within an alien land
traduce
v. expose to slander
titter
n. nervous laugh
dilemma
n. problem
boon
n. benefit
decrepitude
n. state of collapse by old age
solace
n. propitate
sect
n. religion
prolixity
n. tedious wordiness
turpitude
n. evil
sunder
v. separate, part
multiplicity
adj. the state of being numerous
consonance
n. harmony, agreement
chastise
v. punish
illimitale
adj. no limits
extradition
n. surrender of another state being sent to the former country
libretto
n. text of an opera
collateral
n. security given for loan
linchpin
n. combining part
grisly
adj. ghastly
revelry
n. merrymaking
abeyance
n.suspended action
verbiage
n. pompous array of words
gauche
adj. clumsy
refractory
adj. stubborn
gambol
v. leap playfully
inadventently
adj. unintentionally
confidant
n. trusted friend
purported
adj. legendary
debacle
n. sudden downfall
peripheral
adj. marginal
resonant
adj. to be resounding
coin
v. to fake
profusion
n. overabundance
lap
v. take food or drink with one’s tongue
inebriated
adj. drunk
mire
v. to entangle
deprecate
v. to belittle, express disproval of
apothesis
n. god
overt
adj. open to view
ventriloquist
n. someone acting with throat
exculpate
v. to sb. not guilty
malefactor
n. criminal
doff
v. to take off
apostate
n. someone who had abandoned his faith
versimilitude
n. appearance of truth
disperse
v. scatter
acrophobia
n. fear of heights
luster
n. shine, gloss
irrepressible
adj. out of control
malign
v. to speak evil of
haggard
adj. gaunt
traumatic
adj. pertaining to a injury caused by violence
