Word Smart 4 Flashcards
Arabesque (ar uh BESK)
n. complex, ornate design
Arabesque
a position in ballet
Arcane (ar KAYN)
adj. mysterious, abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiates
Arcana
deep secrets
Archaic (ar KAY ik)
adj. outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time
Arduous (AR juh wus)
adj. strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
Arrant (AR unt)
adj. impudent; in every way,being completely such, bare-faced, utter
errant
itinerant
Arrest (uh REST)
v. to suspend; to engage
Arresting
holding ones attention
Articulate (ar TIK yoo layt)
v. to enunciate or pronounce clearly; to express oneself clearly
Articulate
someone who can articulate ideas clearly
Artless (ART luhs)
adj. completely without guile; natural, without artificiality
Guile (GYE uhl)
n. trickery, duplicity, cunning
Artful
(e.g. the Artful Dodger was a cunning pickpocket in DIcken’s Oliver Twist)
Cunning
adj. having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion
adj. ingenious
adj. attractive; quaint
n. skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit
n. ingenuity
duplicity
n. deceitfulness; double-dealing
Ascetic (uh SET ik)
n. one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
Ascetic
adj. austere or stark
Austere (aw STEER)
adj. without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
Stark
adj. severe or bare in appearance or outline
adj. unpleasantly or sharply clear; impossible to avoid
adj. complete; sheer
Asperity (un SPER uh tee)
n. severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability
