Word List 72 Flashcards
Perennial
Something that is continuing or recurrent
Reparable
Capable of being repaired
Rally
Call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.)
Unearth
Dig up
Retort
Quick sharp reply
Agrarian
Pertaining to land or its cultivation
Adulation
Flattery; Admiration
Codicil
Supplement to the body of will
Ethereal
Light; Heavenly; Unusually refined
Dissent
Disagree
Deliberate
Consider; Ponder
Imply
Suggest a meaning not expressed; Signify
Saccharine
Cloyingly sweet
Haggle
Argue about prices
Plagiarism
Theft of another’s ideas or writings passed off as original
Cataclysm
Upheaval; Deluge
Waft
Moved gently by winds or waves
Hypercritical
Excessively exacting
Bevy
Large group or collection, esp. of girls or women
Wince
Shrink back; Flinch
Tawdry
Cheap and gaudy
Adherent
Supporter; Follower
Foliage
Masses of leaves
Scurvy
Despicable; Contemptible
Novelty
Something new; Newness
Advocate
Urge; Plead for
Illusion
Misleading vision
Pathological
Relating to the study of disease; Diseased or markedly abnormal
Arduous
Hard; Strenuous
Humane
Marked by kindness or consideration
Antiquated
Old-fashioned; Obsolete
Sagacious
Perceptive; Shrewd; Having insight
Seclusion
Isolation; Solitude
Reputable
Respectable
Berserk
Frenzied
Pliant
Flexible; Easily influenced
Sibling
Brother or sister
Undulating
Moving with a wavelike motion
Dissimulate
Pretend; Conceal by feigning
Overwrought
Extremely agitated; Hysterical
Treacly
Sticky sweet; Cloying sentimental
Glacial
Like a glacier; Extremely cold
Bemused
Confused; Lost in thought; Preoccupied
Abrade
Wear away by friction; Scrape; Erode
Stricture
Restriction; Adverse criticism