Word List 9 (continued) Flashcards by Logan Tuminelli

Q

Contravene

A

to go against

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Copious

A

plentiful

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Cosmographer

A

one who studies the order of the universe

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Creed

A

a system of beliefs

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Culinary

A

relating to cookies

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Curtail

A

to shorten

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Dearth

A

a shortage; an absence

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Debunk

A

to expose an untruth

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Deed

A

act

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Deftly

A

skillfully

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Deleterious

A

harmful

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Depose

A

to remove from office

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Desiccate

A

to dry out

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Desultory

A

aimless

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Devoid

A

missing

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Diatribe

A

angry speech attacking someone

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Digress

A

to wander away

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Din

A

loud, continuous noise

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Disband

A

to separate

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Discursive

A

wandering from one topic to another

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Disparate

A

different

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Disseminate

A

to spread widely

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Dissuade

A

to persuade someone not to do something

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Divest

A

to take something away from someone else

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

Dolt

A

stupid person

Q

Dour

A

silent and gloomy

Q

Drone

A

one who talks constantly and monotonously

Q

Duplicity

A

hypocrisy

Q

Edict

A

a command by an authority

Q

Effigy

A

a statue or image of a person

Q

Elegiac

A

sad

Q

Elucidate

A

to make clear

Q

Embellish

A

to decorate

Q

Emphysema

A

lung disease

Q

Encipher

A

to put into code

Q

Ensconce

A

to settle comfortably or smugly

Q

entrenched

A

held tightly stuck

Q

Ephemeral

A

short-lived

Q

Equivocate

A

to keep changing one’s mind

Q

Estrange

A

to keep at a distance or to stop caring for someone

Q

Euphony

A

harmony

Q

Excursion

A

trip

Q

Exorcism

A

removing evil spirits

Q

Exposition

A

explanation

Q

Extraneous

A

extra; unnecessary

Q

Eyesore

A

ugly thing

Q

Facsimile

A

exact copy

Q

Fatuous

A

silly, foolish

Q

Fervor

A

intensity

Q

Fiendish

A

evil

Q

Flaunt

A

to show off

Q

Flout

A

to reject openly

Q

Forensics

A

the study or argumentation

Q

Fountainhead

A

beginning

Q

Frugal

A

careful not to spend a lot of money

Q

Fussbudget

A

fussy person

Q

Galleon

A

large ship

Q

Gamut

A

entire range of something

Q

Garrulous

A

overly talkative`

Q

Genre

A

type

Q

Geyser

A

spring that shoots up hot water and steam