Word List 28 Flashcards
brochure
n. pampglet
delirium
n. mental disorder
unobtrusive
adj. not blatant
flaccid
adj. flabby; weak
juncture
n. crisis; joint point
doldrums
n. melancholy
venerable
adj. deserving high respect
consensus
n. general agreement
application
n. diligent attention
remiss
adj. to be negligent
tacit
adj. to be not put into words
tautology
n. unnecessary repetition
recidivism
n. habitual return to crime
assurance
n. promise or pledge
implicit
adj. understood but not stated
desolate
adj. to be deserted and forsake
conjugal
adj. pertaining to marrige
dichotomy
n. split
pacifist
n. antimilitarist
breach
n. breaking of contract or duty
marshal
v. put in order
concise
adj. to be simple and brief
lofty
adj. to be very high in state or manner
inclement
adj. stormy
impediment
n. obsticle
converge
v. approach, tend to meet
ruminate
v. to reflect on
denouement
n. outcome, final development of the plot of the play
communal
adj. to be held in common
inundate
v. overwhelm
tensile
adj. to be distend-able
tendentious
adj. having an aim; biased
caricature
n. exaggerated pic
tantalize
v. to tease; torture with disappointment
galvanize
v. to provoke
motley
adj. to be blended
graft
transplant
gamut
n. entire range
repast
n. meal
satiate
v. to satisfy fully
exude
v. discharge; give forth
trigger
v. set off
disgorge
v. be forced to surrender
clairvoyant
adj. to be insightful
incubate
v. to hatch
chassis
n. the framework and working parts of an automobile
yore
n. time past
endearment
n. fond statement
woe
n. misery
falter
v. hesitate
milieu
n. environment
emancipate
v. set free
epistolary
adj. consisting of letters
breadth
n. width
sluggard
n. lazy person
subside
v. to settle down
callous
adj. to be deadpan
plight
n. condition, state
clangor
n. loud, resounding noise
alliteration
n. repetition of the beginning sound in a poetry
sinister
adj. to be evil and a sense of omen
mushroom
v. to be increase rapidly
artifice
n. deception
don
v. to put on