Word List 3 Flashcards
Cantankerous (adj)
Bad-tempered; quarrelsome
Ambivalence (n)
Lack of clarity; wavering; being undecided
Derogatory (adj)
Uncomplimentary
Tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
Exemplify (v)
To serve as a good example
Impecunious (adj)
Having no money
Lucid (adj)
Clear
Ornate (adj)
Highly decorated
Precipice (n)
Steep slope
Salubrious (adj)
Health-giving
Favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
Ambulatory (adj)
Able to walk around (used of hospital patients)
Capacious (adj)
Spacious
Desecrate (v)
To damage or pollute a holy place
Exhaustive (adj)
Complete and thorough
Impious (adj)
Wicked; profane
Ludicrous (adj)
Ridiculous; causing laughter because of absurdity; unreasonable
Orthodox (adj)
Conventional
Precipitous (adj)
Done in a hurry
Salutary (adj)
Something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial
Truncate (v)
Cut short
Ameliorate (v)
Make better
Capitulate (v)
Surrender; give in to
Desecration (n)
Spoiling something holy
Exonerated (v)
Acquits; absolves; remove blame
Impoverished (adj)
Destitute; poor
Lukewarm (adj)
- Unenthusiastic
2. Neither hot nor cold
Ossify (v)
- Turn to bone
2. Become fixed and rigid
Preclude (v$
Prevent or make impossible
Sanctimonious (adj)
Hypocritically holy
Tumult (n)
Uproar; noise
Truant (n)
Shirker; someone absent without permission
