Words Flashcards
Abate
To lessen, subside
Aberration
Stray away from what is normal
Abet
To encourage somebody […in doing wrong…]
Abeyance
Suspended action
Abhor
To hate
Abide
To be faithful, to endure
Abjure
Promise or swear to give up
Ablution
Cleansing, washing
Abraded
Worn away by friction, rubbed off
Abrogate
To repeal
Abstruse
Difficult to comprehend, obscure
Acclamation
Public approval, often given loudly
Acquiese
Agree, accept
Adamant
Unyielding
Advent
Arrival, coming
Affidavit
A written statement given under oath
Agowilt
Sickening terror, Sudden unnecessary fear The passage of the heart past the epiglottis
Alacrity
Readiness, eagerness
Allibosh
A glaringly obvious falsehood
Ambiance
Atmosphere, character
Amoretto
Cupid
Anathema
Something highly distasteful
Anecdote
Brief story of an amusing or interesting incident
Antipodean
Direct opposite
Apposite
Appropriate
Ardour
Passion
Attaccabottoni
A bore who corners people with sad, pointless tales
Baleful
Harmful, ominous, causing evil
Balk
Refuse to proceed
Baneful
Causing pain or ruin, pernicious, destructive
Barbiturate
Sedative, hypnotic drug
Barrage
An artificial obstacle built over a river
Bastion
Strong defense, projecting part of a fort
Beatify
To bless, make happy, ascribe a virtue to
Bedizen
To adorn, especially in a cheap showy manner
Belabor
To beat hard
Ben
A hog-like mammal from New Guinea
Benevolence
wish, activity in doing good
Benign
Kind and gentle
Berate
Scold sharp
Betrothal
Engagement to marry
Bey
Prince, nobleman
Billet-Doux
Love letter
Bimp
A disappointment, a futile rage,v. to cut,neglect or forsake
Blatant
Noisy and rough
Blaze
Mark by cutting a piece of bark from a tree, intense fire
Bleesh
An unpleasant picture,vulgar or obscene artwork
Blithely
Cheerfully, in a light-hearted, care-free way
Bloom
Youthful glow, Algae growth
Borborygmite
filth-talker
Buckle
To crumple, to fasten
Cadge
To beg, or get by begging
Cajole
Coax, persude by flattery or deceit
Calumny
Slander, aspersion
Candidate
seeker of office
Canoodle
To cuddle and kiss amorously
Cant
Jargon, insincere talk
Canvass
To request votes from electors
Capital
Involving death
Capricious
Guided by whim, inconstant
Carapace
Shell, protective layer or attitude
Cardsharp
Professional cheater at cards
Caress
To stroke gently
Castigation
Severe punishment
Caustic
Sarcastic, biting
Censure
Expression of blame, a rebuke
Chary
Cautious, wary
Chastisement
Punishment
Chauvanist
a blindly devoted patriot
Chivalrous
Courteous
Churl
a bad-tempered person
Close
Intimate, confining
Coalescing
To come together, uniting a substance as one
Cog
a tooth on a gear wheel, one who plays a vital but minor role
Cohere
To hold together
Coif
Tight fitting cap, hairstyle
Col
short ridge connecting 2 mountains
Collusion
have an alliance
Compact
Formal agreement, a small case for carrying cosmetics
Complacent
Self-satisfied
Concierge
A hotel service person who assists people with special arrangements
Confound
Bewilder, confuse
Conjugal
Marital
Contemporaries
Alive at the same time
Contritely
Humbly, with remorse, regret
Corollary
Direct result, consiquence
Cos
Lettuce with large dark green leaves
Digmix
An unpleasant, uncomfortable, or dire occupation unwelcome duty
Kex
Dried hemlock
Kheda
An enclosure for capturing wild elephants
Mansuetude
Tameness; sweetness of temper
Meniscus
The curved upper surface of liquid in a tube
Mesothesis
That which is put in the middle to serve as a balance
Mulm
The organic sediment that settles at the bottom of an aquarium
Musnud
The cushioned throne of an Indian prince
Myocide
An agent that kills mould
Nigroglobulate
To blackball
Noria
An apparatus for raising water, made up of buckets attached to a wheel
Nummamorous
Money loving
Ogygian
Incomparably ancient,antediluvian
Antediluvian
Relating to the period before the biblical flood extremely old
Ormolu
Bronze or brass that has been gilded
Podsnappery
Self-satisfied philistinism
Philistinism
A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
Ptarmic
That which causes sneezing
Cowcat
A person whose main function is to occupy space
Craven
Defeatist, Cowardly
Culpable
Blameworthy
Cynic
A person who thinks other people’s motives are usually bad or selfish
Dainty
Pretty, delicate
Daunt
Intimidate, make fearful
Dawdler
A waste of time, a slow person
Dearth
Shortage
Debacle
To break up, overthrow, sudden disaster
Decorously
Politely, with proper manners
Defalcation
Misuse, misappropriation
Delude
Mislead, decieve
Deluge
A heavy rush of water, great flood
Demagogue
Rabble rouser, agitator
Denigrate
Blacken, sully, belittle, defame
Denoument
The outcome or solution, the unraveling of a plot
Deprave
To corrupt or make morally bad
Deprecate
Disapprove, belittle
Dereliction
Leaving to fall to ruin, deserting
Derisive
Expressing mockery or ridicule
Desultory
Random, disconnected
Diabob
An object of amateur art
Dilate
To make wider, expand
Diplomatically
Tactfully, cautiously
Disenfranchise
To deprive or deny a right of
Dissension
Dissagreement in opinion, discord
Dissuade
To advice or persuade against
Divulge
To reveal
Dor
A large European scaraboid beetle
Ecumenical
related to christian church as a whole
Egregiously
Extremely, in a notorious or glaring fashion
Eminently
Very, to a high extent
Emperical
Based on the results of experience/experiment
Endorse
To support, approve
Endow
To provide financial support
Enmity
Deep hatred, ill will
Ephemeral
Lasting a very short time
Epicure
A person who enjoys fine food and drink
Equitable
Just to all
Esoteric
Secret, Mysterious
Euphony
A pleasing sound
Euphoric
Elated, having a sense of well-being
Exacerbate
Increase the violence of
Exacuoacumenist
One who sharpens wit
Exasperate
Irritate strongly
Excerpt
small selection from a book or document
Exhumed
Dug from the grave
Exigency
Urgent need
Expeditiously
In an efficient way, speedily
Extempore
On the spur of the moment
Fastidious
Pernickety
Fatuous
silly, idiotic
Fickle
Changeable
Flaccid
Fond of showing off
Flinch
To wince, to draw back
Fortuitous
Happening by lucky accident or chance
Founder
Stumber, fail utterly, to fill with water and sink
Frantic
Wildly excited, agitated
Frenetic
Frantic, frenzied
Gab
Chattering or meaningless talk
Gad
A sharp pointed rod
Gar
Any slender fish
Garnish
To sieze by legal authority
Gelasin
A dimple occuring when you smile
Gerrymander
To manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency to favour a particular party
Gesticulate
Make lively gestures, moves hands about
Gripe
To grumble or complain
Guileless
Sincere, without deception
Hail
To aclaim, call out
Halcyon
Ideallicaly happy, peaceful
Harp
To persist or dwell tediously on a subject
Hirci
Armpit hair
Hirsute
Hairy
Hone
To sharpen, improve, perfect
Honorary
One for which no salary is paid
Horde
A large group of people, crowd
Ignominiously
With disgrace, dishonourably
Impeccable
such that no fault could be found
Implore
To ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere way
Importune
To plead annoyingly
Inception
Beginning
Incessant
Never-stopping in an annoying, unpleasant way
Inclement
Severe, stormy or cold, merciless
Incoherent
Hard to understand
Incorrigible
Incapable of being corrected
Incumbent
Office holder
Indefatigable
Tireless
Indelible
Unable to be forgotten
Indubitably
Without Question or doubt
Infatuation
Romantic attachment, attraction
Ingenuous
Candid, open, without guile
Innocuous
Harmless
Inscrutably
Mysteriously, in an incomprehensible way
Insular
Overly meticulous, sourounded by sea
Intermittently
Every now and then
Intimate
To hint, imply
Irascible
Prone to anger
Irritainment
Irritating television programmes you can’t stop watching
Itenerant
Travelling, moving from place to place
Jauntily
In a lively manner, lightly
Jingoism
The extreme belief that one’s belief is always best
Judicial
Pertaining to the court of the law
Ken
To know, understand
Lambaste
Scold, beat or whip soundly
Languid
Sluggish, without vigour, weak
Liable
legally obliged, responsible
Liase
To speak to people in order to exchange information with them
Litter
A stretcher for carrying a sick or injured person
Livid
Eraged, furious
Lobbyist
Advocate
Loquacious
Very talkative
Malinger
To pretend illness to escape duty
Manifestly
Plainly, in a way that is easily understood
Maverick
An unbranded or stray calf
Melanotrichous
Hairy black hair
Meritriciously
Deceptively, in an insincere, vulgar way
Miniature
Reduced to a small scale
Misanthropic
Distrustful of everyone, cynical
Mitigated
Made less severe
Moot
Open for discussion, debatable
Moribund
About to die
Mos
Custom, habit
Nee
Born as
Noop
Tip of elbow
Nuance
Fine distinction, subtelty
Nubile
Young and Attractive
Obsequiously
Like a servant, obediently
Odious
Repulsive, hateful
Orient
To adjust to one’s circumstances or surroundings
Orutund
Bombastic, pompous
Pallid
pale, wan
Pandemonium
A wild uproar, tumult
Paradigm
A model of something, a very clear, typical example of something
Paramour
Lover
Parry
to ward off, to avert an attack
Pedantic
Overly meticulous, narrow minded
Peremptory
Final, leaving no opportunity for debate or denial
Pernicious
Exeedingly harmful
Pernickety
Fussy, hard to please, meticulous
Persistance
Perseverance
Petulant
Impatient, irritable
Plenary
Compulsory full attendance
Poky
Cramped, small, confined
Predicate
To assert or affirm as true
Prepossessing
Appealing, charming
Preposterously
Ridiculously, absurdly
Prerogative
Privelage or right by virtue of position or rank
Presentiment
Premonition
Profound
Intense, needing or showing great insight
Profusely
Extravagantly, without limitation
Prowess
Outstanding skill, courage
Pusillanimously
Timidly, in a faint-hearted way
Pyre
A pile of wood
Qua
In so far as, in the character of, as
Quicksilver
Unpredictable, changeable
Quintessential
Highly typical
Rakish
Appearing fast
Rectify
To correct
Recur
To happen again, return to mind
Redoubtable
Formiddable, commanding respect
Relevent
Relating to the matter at hand
Repeal
To cancel, withdraw
Ret
Prepare for use
Retrograde
Tending to revert or backwards
Roseate
Rose coloured
Rue
Bitterness, Disappointment
Ruminating
Thinking deeply about something
Rut
Sexual desire of other various mammals
Sanguine
Confident, hopeful, optimistic
Scorned
Rejected, ignored with contempt
Sear
Scar, burn mark
Sedentary
Sitting, Seated… for a period of time
Seriatim
One after the other
Shibui
Restrained elegance
Sojourn
Temporary residence or stay, a visit
Sop
To dip in any liquid
Spurious
Not genuine
Squire
to escort, accompany
Swain
Suitor
Swoon
To faint from emotion
Synoptic
Pertaining to an overall view
Tat
Pony
Tenterhooks
Hooks or bent nails or a framework that hold cloth taut for drying
Terse
Concise
Tod
A bush
Traipse
Wearily wander, trudge, walk aimlessly
Transient
Temporary
Truculent
Agressive, bellicose, fierce
Turista
Gastro-intestinal illness afflicting travelling people
Tête-â-Tête
A private talk
Umfriend
a person with whom one has had a brief sexual encounter
Uncanny
Inexplicable, beyond the normal, expected
Unequivocally
Conclusively, without conditions
Urchin
A young child who is playful or mischevious
Usurp
Taking over one’s position/power without having the right to do so
Utterly
Fully, to a totaly extent
Uxorious
Excessively fond of wife
Vacillate
To waver
Vale
Earthly life, world
Vat
A large vessel
Venality
openess to corruption, bribery
Vicariously
By substitute, through the experience of another
Visceral
Pertaining to the viscera,Instinctive, profound
Vitiate
Weaken, make ineffective
Vivacious
Lively, spirited, outgoing
Volatile
Explosive, unstable
Wabi
The beauty of simplicity
Wantoly
Unjustifiably, recklessly
Winsome
Charming, attractive, engagement
Zwischenraum
Literally the space between 2 objects
Pushkin
A strainer hung on a barrel tap to catch and strain cider, of vinegar
Quisquillous
Made of rubbish
Rammish
Strongly scented
Roorback
False report circulated to damage the reputation of a political candidate
Rundle
Ladder rung
Sanguisugent
Bloodsucking
Saponify
To convert to soap
Scissel
The strip of metal from which the the blanks for coins are made
Eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious
Very good
Eriff
A two year old canary
Errhine
Made to be snuffed into the nose
Exigent
Urgent,needing immediate attention
Fenks
Whale blubber refuse; rotten blubber
Fescue
A small stick used by teachers to point at letters of numbers
Ganch
To execute by impaling on hooks
Gelogenic
Tending to produce laughter
Helminthous
Infested with worms
Hippocaust
The burning of a horse in sacrifice
Ichor
In mythology, the fluid that ran instead of blood in the veins of the gods
Ignivomous
Vomiting fire
Impavid
Without fear
Izzard
Ancient term for the letter z
Jargoon
A second-rate zircon
Keckle
To preserve from chafing by covering with powder
Tacenda
Things that should not be mentioned
Thunk
A very light verse that plays with syntax
Xenoglossia
Understanding a language that one has never learned
