Words Flashcards
abseil
descend by rope
alacrity
eager and enthusiastic willingness
approbation
expression of approval or praise
axiomatic
taken as a given
censure
to criticize severely, to officially rebuke
chicanery
trickery or subterfuge
enervate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
ennui
restlessness due to boredom/ apathy
equivocate
to talk in circles in order to decieve someone deliberately
exigent
urgent
extemporaneous
improvised, done without preparation
Fulminate
to attack loudly or denounce
ingenuous
artless; lacking in sophistication; frank and candid
inured
resigned to accepting bad
things
neologism
a new word, expression or usage
Obviate
to anticipate and make unnecessary
paean
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
perfidy
treachery (she’s insidious, so perfidious)
perfunctory
cursory, done without care or interest
perspicacious
acutely perceptive
precipitate (adj.)
acting with excessive haste or impulse
precipitate (verb)
to cause prematurely
predilection
predisposition
prevaricate
mislead
relegate
to forcibly assign
solicitous
Concerned and attentive
sordid
characterized by filth or
grime
tortuous
winding, twisting
truculent
fierce and cruel, eager to fight
virulent
bitterly hostile or antagonistic