Words Flashcards
Quarantine
The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with a contagious disease
Vacuous
Empty
Opulent
Wealthy, Rich or Abundant
Marvel
To be astonished and perplexed because of something.
Conspire
To plot
Discrepant
Differing or inconsistent
Exceed
To go beyond, as in measure, quantity, value, action, power, skill and so on
Frugal
Economical
Wreak
To inflict. As in revenge or punishment
Violate
Changeable
Simulate
To imitate
Oration
An elaborate or formal public speech
Loathe
To abominate
Loath
Reluctant
Genesis
Creation
Culpable
Guilty
Collide
To meet and strike violently
Disseminate
To circulate
Authentic
Of undisputed origin
Facsimile
An exact copy or reproduction
Intervene
To interfere for some end
Monotony
A lack of variety
Rendition
Interpretation
Zephyr
Any soft, gentle wind
Transcend
To surpass
Fluctuate
To pass backward and forward Irregularly from one state or degree to another
Demented
Insane
Accede
To agree
Transient
Lasting a very short time
Reverence
A feeling of profound respect for someone or some thing
Prosperity
An economic state of growth or having a good fortune
Adversity
A stroke of ill fortune
Fortuitous
Having no cause or apparent cause ; Lucky
Discredit
To cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
Affliction
A state of pain, distress or grief
Unwise
Foolish
Safeguard
To protect
Piccolo
A small flute
Mishap
Misfortune
Mania
Insanity
Lexicon
A dictionary
Inception
The beginning
Heifer
A young, calf less cow
Beneficial
Helpful
Desist
To cease from action
Fragile
Capable of braking easy
Hoard
To gather or collect and keep
Ire
Wrath or anger
Lapse
A slight deviation from what is right, proper or just
Narrator
One who tells a story
Frolicsome
Playful
Probe
To search through and through
Aroma
An agreeable odour
Auburn
Reddish-Brown
Cosmos
The world or universe considered as a system, perfect in order and arrangement
Immune
Exempt, as from disease
Knead
To mix and work into a homogenous mass, especially with the hands
Rapid
Quick
Submission
The yielding of power or authority of another
Waif
A homeless person or wanderer
Paraphrase
To reword or translate freely
Revile
Subject to verbal abuse
Brigand
One who lives by robbery and plunder
Jovial
Merry or happy
Ordnance
A general name for all kinds of weapons and ammunition used in war
Poignancy
Severities or acuteness, especially in pain or grief
Recur
To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals
Nunnery
A convent for nuns
Deride
To ridicule
Conjugate
Joined together in pairs
Abrupt
Beginning, ending or changing suddenly
Abeyance
Temporary suspension
Sturdy
Well-Built
Bullock
A young bulk or ox
Brevity
Shortness of duration
Veracious
Truthful
Pardon
The excusing of an offence without exacting a penalty
Lustrous
Reflecting light evenly and effectively without glitter or sparkle
Impertinent
Characterised by rudeness
Indigent
Poor
Null
Having no value, or zero
Buffoon
Clown
Terminate
Come to an end
Arbor
A shelter of vines and branches or a tree
Enmity
Active hatred or I’ll will
Craving
An intense, abnormal, or urgent desire
Dubious
Of doubtful promise or outcome
Confiscate
To deprive of property
Guile
Deceitful or cunning
Weal
A sound, healthy or prosperous state
Meager
Sparse
Deplore
To feel or express grief or regret strongly
Yearn
To long for persistently, sadly, or wistfully
Fraternal
Relating to, or involving brothers
Rigid
Inflexible
Ghastly
Terrifyingly horrible to the senses
Subterfuge
Evasion
Habitant
Dweller
Invalid
Being without foundation
Illustrious
Famous
Surround
To enclose on all sides
Benefit
Something that promotes well being
Cite
To specify or refer to
Recline
Lean
Spectator
Observer
Preserve
To keep safe or intact
Facilitate
To help make easier or being about
Paradigm
Model
Hinder
Prevent
Comfortable
Enjoying contentment
Secure
Safe, not expose to danger or harm
Assimilate
To absorb
Theory
A proposed explanation
Cognisance
Awareness
Flagrant
Obvious or glaring
Adept
Very skilled, proficient ; Expert
Pretend
To appear falsely
Clever
Having sharp intelligence or wit
Edible
Able to eaten as food
Pretense
A false showing of something, dishonestly
Ephemeral
Short-lived
Inamorata
Female lover, mistress
Slake
To cool or refresh
Verdant
Green with vegetation
Paroxysm
Sudden outburst
Echinate
Prickly
Apex
Top
Penalty
Consequence
Abundant
Plentiful
Prattle
Babble
Licit
Lawful
Tacit
Understood
Contrived
Premeditated
Supplicate
To seek it ask for humbly
Brackish
Somewhat salty
Superior
Higher in performance or rank
Extreme
Great in degree
Elect
To choose or select
Avarice
Greediness
Rank
A class in any scale or comparison
Determinant
A deciding factor or agent
Resignation
A formal request to end a situation or position
Acquiescence
Consent without objection
Repel
To resist
Aversion
A strong feeling of dislike
Repugnance
Strong distaste or inconsistency
Hostility
Antagonism, I’ll will
Contradictory
Opposite
Paradox
An absurd statement expressing possible truth
Acrid
Bitter to the senses
Render
To make or represent for viewing
Disparity
Lack of equality
Concomitant
Accompanying
Arcane
Mysterious or secret
Edifice
A large building or structure, often limiting view
Genre
A category having particular form
Insular
Isolated, as in a island
Inane
Lacking sense; silly
Lionise
To treat as or pursue company form a celebrity
Melee
Confusion or turmoil among people
Lustre
Sparkle or sheen
Erratic
Deviating from usual behaviour
Garble
To confuse unintentionally ; Jumble
Hapless
Unlucky
Dissemble
To conceal truth
Somber
Dark and gloomy
Propound
To set fourth for consideration
Mundane
Earthly, ordinary and unimaginative
Proactive
Preparing, intervening or controlling an expected situation
Occlude
To close, shut or stop up
Solicit
To seek for (something) by request
Rational
Reasonable with sound judgment
Pacify
To restore a state of peace
Sullen
I’ll-humoured
Obdurate
Stubbornness
Rotund
Rounded or plump
Utopia
An ideal place or state, such as perfection
Serene
Calm; peaceful
Fester
To generate pus
Indelible
Cannot be erased, eliminated or forgotten
Flourish
To be successful, prosper or thrive
Duress
Forcible restraint
Innuendo
Insinuation of something generally supposed improper
Interim
An intervening time
Divulge
To disclose or revel
Malleable
Adaptable
Malapropism
The act of misusing words ridiculously
Imbroglio
A misunderstanding or disagreement
Evince
To reveal or show clearly
Lucid
Easily understood, clearly perceived
Exhume
To dig from the earth
Immolate
To sacrifice, especially by fire
Distend
To spread in all directions ; expand
Forestall
To prevent by action in advance
Inert
Having little or no ability to react
Flux
Flow or flowing
Disperse
To scatter in various directions
Fulsome
Offensive to good taste overdone
Extrinsic
Not a basic part or quality
Fanatic
A person with extreme enthusiasm
Infringe
To violate or trespass
Hiatus
A break or interruption
Emanate
To flow out, issue or proceed ; originate
Inure
To accustom to hardship
Ennui
Lack of interest ; Boredom
Kindle
To start a fire
Interlude
An intervening episode, period or space
Laconic
Using few words
Chronic
Constant or habitual
Allege
To assert without proof
Apposite
Suitable ; Well adapted
Dilatory
Tending to delay
Cohort
A companion, group or company
Apathy
Absence of passion or emotion
Indolent
Slothful or benign
Fatuous
Foolish
Infest
To overrun in a troublesome degree
Fecund
Very productive
Elocution
The study/practise of oral delivery or gesture
Hubris
Arrogance
Irascible
Easily provoked to anger ; irritable
Heinous
Hateful
Latent
Existing as potential
Entity
Something that has real existence
Grovel
To humble oneself in great fear or humility
Minion
A minor official
Extort
To obtain by force, intimidation, threat or violence
Malevolent
Wishing Evil or harm to others
Oblique
No straight or direct
Solemn
Seriousness
Sunder
Separate
Surmise
To guess
Palpable
Obvious; evident
Qualm
An uneasy feeling
Stupor
Suspension of sense ability
Retract
To draw back or in
Obscure
Not clear, hard to perceive
Turbid
Thick or dense, as smoke or clouds
Pathos
Ability to evoke a feeling or pity or comparison
Tenuous
Thin
Penury
Extreme poverty
Obtrusive
Impairing oneself or opinions or others
Procure
To obtain by car, effort or special means
Static
Showing little or no change ; fixed
Boisterous
Rowdy
Transpire
To occur, happen ; Take place
Viable
Capable of living
Ulterior
Being beyond what is seen ; Intentionally kept concealed
Sacrilege
The violation of something held sacred
Pliable
Flexible
Nexus
A connected series or group
Prolix
Great or tedious length
Dispirit
To deprive of spirit or hope
Induce
To bring about ; Produce ; Cause
Dross
Waste matter
Embroil
To throw into confusion ; Complicate
Inveigh
To protest strongly
Futile
Ineffective ; Not successful
Extricate
To free or release ; Disengage
Facetious
Not meant to be taken serious ; Joking inappropriately
Abrogate
Abolish
Abysmal
Extremely severe
Raffish
Tawdry
Strident
Harsh
Mulct
To defraud
Taciturn
Temperamentally silent
Chimera
Monster
Concocted
Invented
Embonpoint
Plumpness
Dulcet
Harmonious
Terse
Brief
Arcanum
A secret
Cursory
Superficial
Allot
Assign
Defective
Flawed
Eldritch
Eerie ; Weird
Exempt
Excused
Crimson
Red
Amateur
Novice
Debouch
Emerge
Inconsequential
Irrelevant
Protracted
Extended
Acute
Sharp
Kvetch
To complain
Avocation
Hobby
Mawkish
Sentimental
Incoherent
Unintelligible
Proclivity
Predisposition
Antithesis
Completely opposite
Reference
Mention
Insinuate
To suggest
Acquaint
To introduce
Ventilate
To oxygenate
Compendium
Summary
Descry
To discover
Kraal
A livestock enclosure
Penultimate
Next to the last
Quotidian
Daily
Various
Numerous
Adjournment
End
