Wordlist 14 Flashcards by Bianca Nagayo

Abrasion

Damage to skin caused by scraping 2. Process of scraping or rubbing [abrade (v)]

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Adumbrate

Outline; indicate

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Cognitive

Concerned with thinking or perceiving [cognition (n)]

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Deign

Condescend

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Fervid

Passionate

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Gall

Bitterness (bad feeling) 2. Confidence 3. Abnormal growth on a plant

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Levee

Raised bank of a river 2. Morning reception held by a monarch

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Preternatural

Unnatural; abnormal

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Quell

Suppress

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Score (n)

Written form of music

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Abut

To adjoin

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Consternation

Worry and concern

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Gavel

Judge’s hammer

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Lien

Right to sell property held as a security; legal hold on job etc.

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Parenthesis

Remarks deviating from the main point [parentheses are round brackets in punctuation]

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Sinewy

Vigorous; having well-developed muscles [a sinew is a tendon]

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Steep (v)

To soak in water

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Tamp

To plug; press loose matter down tightly (e.g. Pack explosives into a hole)

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Venturing

Hazarding; risking; putting forward 2. Going somewhere [venturesome means courageous or willing to take risks]

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Wry

Twisted or bent to one side 2. Dryly humorous

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Arduous

Hard

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Decimated

Kill or destroy a large part of (originally one tenth)

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Fledge

Grow feathers 2. Leave nest [fledgling (n) = an inexperienced person or a baby bird]

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Gouge

Cut or dig out

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Picayune

Insignificant; of little value

Riveting

Fascinating [to rivet literally means to fix metal plates using metal pins]

Soliloquy

Solo speech

Supplicant

Person who requests or begs for something [supplicate (v)]

Transcendental

Supernatural; going beyond normal experience [transcendent (a)]

Veritable

True; genuine [verity (n)]

Condescension

Talking down to someone [condescending (a)]

Divest

Remove; take off

Eddy

Circular current

Epaulet

Shoulder decoration

Fallacy

Wrong idea [fallacious (a)]

Fringe

1. Decorative border with tassels (n) 2. To form an edge (v)

Leaven

To make light; modify; cause bread to rise using yeast etc.

Patronize

1. To talk down to; condescend 2. To be a customer of

Prominent

1. Eminent 2. Protruding 3. Obvious

Statute

Law [statutory (a)]

Antipathy

Hatred

Aver

Affirm

Expatiate

Speak or write at great length

Flag (v)

1. To lose energy 2. To signal

Flail

1. Tool used to thresh grain 2. To thresh (separate grain from chaff) 3. To wave arms about wildly

Indicted

Accused (of crime)

Loll

Laze around; hang out (when used of the tongue)

Malign

Slander

Secure (v)

1. To fix firmly 2. To obtain

Talon

Long pointed nail or claw

Abeyance

State of inactivity; disuse

Disarm

1. Take away weapons 2. Win over to ones side [disarming (a)]

Elaborate

1. Complex and detailed (a) 2. To expand on (v)

Foment

1. Stir up 2. Bathe with hot liquids (medical)

Jockeying

Maneuvering; struggling to get ahead of others [jockey (v)]

Minutiae

Small details

Rue

Regret [rueful (a)]

Somatic

Concerned with the body

Stinging

Holding back; limiting the supply (of supplies/money etc.) [stint (v)]

Temperate

Moderate

Allure

1. Attraction (n) 2. To attract (v)

Caulk

Treat with substance such as tar to make water-tight

Conscript

1. Person enlisted compulsorily into the armed forces 2. (v) to enlist compulsorily

Desultory

Aimless; inconsistent in effort

Elegy

Poem concerned with death; praise of a dead person

Fallow

Uncultivated

Forbearing

Tolerant [forbear (v); forbearance (n)]

Hegemony

Political domination; complete authority

Improbity

Lack of honesty or integrity

Qualm

Hesitation or fear

Assay

1. Try 2. Assess purity

Chauvinist

Someone excessively patriotic [chauvinism (n)]

Discrete

Separate; discontinuous (not to be confused with discreet -prudent; diplomatic)

Enlist

1. Sign up for the army 2. Obtain

Fabricated

Made up; false; manufactured [fabricate (v); fabrication (n)]

Fulminate

1. Attack loudly in words; denounce thunderously 2. Explode noisily

Hawser

Thick rope or cable

Jibe

Agree with; complement; match up with (In British slang jibe means mock)

Peer

1. An equal 2. To stare at 3. Nobleman

Stickler

One who is strict about rules or details

Cloture

Closure; terminating a debate by voting

Congruent

Matching [congruency (n)]

Dally

Waste time; flirt

Dissemble

Avoid the truth

Dote

Be excessively find of [doting (a)]

Errant

1. Wandering 2. Wrong 3. Straying from accepted standards

Fervent

Passionate

Stomach (v)

To tolerate

Synapse

Junction between two nerve cells

Undercutting

Offering a lower price; undermining

Arson

Deliberate, criminal starting of fires

Carrion

Dead flesh; carcasses

Intelligible

Can be understood

Ironclad

Cannot be altered; firm

Lint

Fluff; soft material used to over wounds

Pretension

Assumed attitude of superiority; arrogance

Pundit

Expert

Pyre

Ceremonial fire

Sate

Satisfy

Syncopation

Type of musical rhythm with missed beats

# Reverse 1. Damage to skin caused by scraping 2. Process of scraping or rubbing [abrade (v)]

Abrasion

# Reverse Outline; indicate

Adumbrate

# Reverse Concerned with thinking or perceiving [cognition (n)]

Cognitive

# Reverse Condescend

Deign

# Reverse Passionate

Fervid

# Reverse 1. Bitterness (bad feeling) 2. Confidence 3. Abnormal growth on a plant

Gall

# Reverse 1. Raised bank of a river 2. Morning reception held by a monarch

Levee

# Reverse Unnatural; abnormal

Preternatural

# Reverse Suppress

Quell

# Reverse Written form of music

Score (n)

# Reverse To adjoin

Abut

# Reverse Worry and concern

Consternation

# Reverse Judge's hammer

Gavel

# Reverse Right to sell property held as a security; legal hold on job etc.

Lien

# Reverse Remarks deviating from the main point [parentheses are round brackets in punctuation]

Parenthesis

# Reverse Vigorous; having well-developed muscles [a sinew is a tendon]

Sinewy

# Reverse To soak in water

Steep (v)

# Reverse To plug; press loose matter down tightly (e.g. Pack explosives into a hole)

Tamp

# Reverse 1. Hazarding; risking; putting forward 2. Going somewhere [venturesome means courageous or willing to take risks]

Venturing

# Reverse 1. Twisted or bent to one side 2. Dryly humorous

Wry

# Reverse Hard

Arduous

# Reverse Kill or destroy a large part of (originally one tenth)

Decimated

# Reverse 1. Grow feathers 2. Leave nest [fledgling (n) = an inexperienced person or a baby bird]

Fledge

# Reverse Cut or dig out

Gouge

# Reverse Insignificant; of little value

Picayune

# Reverse Fascinating [to rivet literally means to fix metal plates using metal pins]

Riveting

# Reverse Solo speech

Soliloquy

# Reverse Person who requests or begs for something [supplicate (v)]

Supplicant

# Reverse Supernatural; going beyond normal experience [transcendent (a)]

Transcendental

# Reverse True; genuine [verity (n)]

Veritable

# Reverse Talking down to someone [condescending (a)]

Condescension

# Reverse Remove; take off

Divest

# Reverse Circular current

Eddy

# Reverse Shoulder decoration

Epaulet

# Reverse Wrong idea [fallacious (a)]

Fallacy

# Reverse 1. Decorative border with tassels (n) 2. To form an edge (v)

Fringe

# Reverse To make light; modify; cause bread to rise using yeast etc.

Leaven

# Reverse 1. To talk down to; condescend 2. To be a customer of

Patronize

# Reverse 1. Eminent 2. Protruding 3. Obvious

Prominent

# Reverse Law [statutory (a)]

Statute

# Reverse Hatred

Antipathy

# Reverse Affirm

Aver

# Reverse Speak or write at great length

Expatiate

# Reverse 1. To lose energy 2. To signal

Flag (v)

# Reverse 1. Tool used to thresh grain 2. To thresh (separate grain from chaff) 3. To wave arms about wildly

Flail

# Reverse Accused (of crime)

Indicted

# Reverse Laze around; hang out (when used of the tongue)

Loll

# Reverse Slander

Malign

# Reverse 1. To fix firmly 2. To obtain

Secure (v)

# Reverse Long pointed nail or claw

Talon

# Reverse State of inactivity; disuse

Abeyance

# Reverse 1. Take away weapons 2. Win over to ones side [disarming (a)]

Disarm

# Reverse 1. Complex and detailed (a) 2. To expand on (v)

Elaborate

# Reverse 1. Stir up 2. Bathe with hot liquids (medical)

Foment

# Reverse Maneuvering; struggling to get ahead of others [jockey (v)]

Jockeying

# Reverse Small details

Minutiae

# Reverse Regret [rueful (a)]

Rue

# Reverse Concerned with the body

Somatic

# Reverse Holding back; limiting the supply (of supplies/money etc.) [stint (v)]

Stinging

# Reverse Moderate

Temperate

# Reverse 1. Attraction (n) 2. To attract (v)

Allure

# Reverse Treat with substance such as tar to make water-tight

Caulk

# Reverse 1. Person enlisted compulsorily into the armed forces 2. (v) to enlist compulsorily

Conscript

# Reverse Aimless; inconsistent in effort

Desultory

# Reverse Poem concerned with death; praise of a dead person

Elegy

# Reverse Uncultivated

Fallow

# Reverse Tolerant [forbear (v); forbearance (n)]

Forbearing

# Reverse Political domination; complete authority

Hegemony

# Reverse Lack of honesty or integrity

Improbity

# Reverse Hesitation or fear

Qualm

# Reverse 1. Try 2. Assess purity

Assay

# Reverse Someone excessively patriotic [chauvinism (n)]

Chauvinist

# Reverse Separate; discontinuous (not to be confused with discreet -prudent; diplomatic)

Discrete

# Reverse 1. Sign up for the army 2. Obtain

Enlist

# Reverse Made up; false; manufactured [fabricate (v); fabrication (n)]

Fabricated

# Reverse 1. Attack loudly in words; denounce thunderously 2. Explode noisily

Fulminate

# Reverse Thick rope or cable

Hawser

# Reverse Agree with; complement; match up with (In British slang jibe means mock)

Jibe

# Reverse 1. An equal 2. To stare at 3. Nobleman

Peer

# Reverse One who is strict about rules or details

Stickler

# Reverse Closure; terminating a debate by voting

Cloture

# Reverse Matching [congruency (n)]

Congruent

# Reverse Waste time; flirt

Dally

# Reverse Avoid the truth

Dissemble

# Reverse Be excessively find of [doting (a)]

Dote

# Reverse 1. Wandering 2. Wrong 3. Straying from accepted standards

Errant

# Reverse Passionate

Fervent

# Reverse To tolerate

Stomach (v)

# Reverse Junction between two nerve cells

Synapse

# Reverse Offering a lower price; undermining

Undercutting

# Reverse Deliberate, criminal starting of fires

Arson

# Reverse Dead flesh; carcasses

Carrion

# Reverse Can be understood

Intelligible

# Reverse Cannot be altered; firm

Ironclad

# Reverse Fluff; soft material used to over wounds

Lint

# Reverse Assumed attitude of superiority; arrogance

Pretension

# Reverse Expert

Pundit

# Reverse Ceremonial fire

Pyre

# Reverse Satisfy

Sate

# Reverse Type of musical rhythm with missed beats

Syncopation