Words 301-400 Flashcards
Lament
Mount, grieve, bewail
Lampoon
Ridicule, satirize, parody
Latent
Undeveloped, unused; sleeping, inactive, dormant
Lavish
Generous, openhanded, extravagant, profuse, produced in abundance
Likelihood
Probability, likeliness
Linger
Loiter, dawdle, tarry; persist, remain, continue to exist although losing strength
Lofty
Noble, elevated in character, exalted; superior, towering, rising to impressive height
Magnitude
Vastness; significance, importance, consequence; size, extent
Malicious
Spiteful, hateful, malevolent
Malleable
Moldeable, ductile, workable; impressionable, suggestible, pliable, open to being influenced
Mar
Damage, spoil
Material
Relating to physical matter, corporeal, tangibl, substantial; bodily, fleshly, corporal; important, relevant, significant, pertinent
Materialism
Worldliness, pragmatism, preoccupation with physical things (valuing needs for the body vs idealism, needs for the soul)
Medium
Means of doing something, agency, instrument; environment; material used by an artist, vehicle, outlet
Mercenary
Interested in gain, venal, avaricious, greedy, monetary
Metaphor
Symbol, image
Methodical
Systematic, orderly
Meticulous
Painstaking, very careful, scrupulous, fastidious
Misconception
Misunderstanding, error, misconstruction, incorrect opinion
Mitigate
Moderate, alleviate, appease, make less intene
Mollify
Placate, soothe, please, pacify, moderate
Mundane
Ordinary, unimaginative, commonplace, secular
Myriad
Multitude, swarm, host, large number
Narrative
Telling a story, descriptive
Nefarious
Evil, heinous, iniquitous, reprehensible, wicked
Negate
Nullify, invalidate, cancel out; deny the truth of, refute, contradict
Nonchalance
Indifference, composure, insouciance, disinterest
Notoriety
Ill fame, disrepute, infamy
Nurture
Support, encourage, nourish, educate, foster, cultivate, protect
Objective
Goal, aim, target, purpose
Obliterate
Demolish, eradicate, wipe out, destroy
Obscure
Make unclear, confuse, muddy; conceal, cover, veil, hide
Ominous
Threatening, menacing, unpromising
Opportunist
Money-grabber, speculator, sacrifices ethics for opportunities
Optimist
Positive thinker, idealist, romantic
Pacifist
One opposed to violence, peacemaker, dove, antimilitarist
Parody
Humorous imitation, spoof, takeoff, lampoon, travesty, caricature
Partial
Incomplete, limited; biased, prejudiced, one-sided; keen on, fond of
Patronize
Assist, back, support; corned, snub, act superior; be a customer or, frequent, shop at
Perfunctory
Mechanical, automatic, unthinking, superficial, sketchy indifferent, lacking care
Peripheral
Outer, outlying, external; incidental, unimportant, marginal
Pernicious
Damaging, devastating, deadly, insidious, harmful
Perpetuate
Make it last, maintain, continue; keep alive
Pervasive
Pervading, spread throughout every part, enveloping, widespread, omnipresent
Pessimism
Gloominess, gloom, negativity, despondency, cynicism
Phenomena
Facts or subjects of scientific observation, events; rare events, wonders, marvels
Piety
Devoutness, religiousness, godliness
Pithy
Concise, succinct, pointed
placate
Appease, pacify, conciliate, mollify, satisfy by making concessions
Plausible
Credible, appear to be believable (but often not), persuasive, specious
Polarize
Divide, separate, split into opposite extremes
Polemical
Disputations, combative, argumentative, controversial, quarrelsome
Ponderous
Weighty, massive, cumbersome, unwieldy; lacking fluency and tedious, labored, stilted, dull
Pragmatic
Practical, realistic, factual
Preclude
Prevent, rule out
Precursor
Forerunner, predecessor, herald, something that precedes another
Naïveté
Unsophisticated, artlessness, simplicity, innocence, ingenuousness
Nebulous
Indistinct, hazy, confused; cloud like
Novelty
Newness, innovation, freshness
Nuance
Graduation, nicety, subtlety, distinction, shade of difference in meaning or color
Obdurate
Stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, compassionless, unsympathetic, stonyhearted
Objective
Unbiased, impartial disinterested, not influenced by feelings; actual, verifiable
Oblivion
obscurity, unawareness, forgetfulness
Obstinate
Stubborn, pigheaded, mulish dogged, unreasonably persistent (in an opinion); not easily controlled, tenacious
Obtuse
Dull-witted, slow insensitive; blunt
Officious
Meddlesome, self-important, intrusive, overeager
Opaque
Impenetrable (to light), dark; unfathomable, obscure, incomprehensible, hard to understand
Orator
Spokesperson, declaimed, rhetorician, skillful public speaker
Overt
Apparently, obvious, unconcealed, public
Paradox
Puzzle, contradiction
Paragon
Model of perfection, pattern, ideal, exemplar
Partisan
One-sided, prejudiced, factional, sectarian, biased, committed to a particular cause
Paucity
Smallness of quantity, scarcity, lacks dearth, scantiness
Pedantic
Concerned with small details while teaching, didactic, nit-picking, academic, bookish
Pedestrian
Unimaginative, dull, monotonous, uninspired, prosaic, mediocre
Precarious
Insecure, unsafe, shaky, risky, dangerous
Predator
Hunter, killer, carnivore
Predecessor
Antecedent, forerunner, precursor
Predilection
Partiality, preference, inclination
Presumptuous
Arrogant, overconfident, insolent, overly forward
Prevalent
Accepted, widespread, prevailing, customary
Prodigal
Wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, reckless with money
Profound
Intellectual depth, learned, insightful thoughtful; intense, heartfelt; deep, extreme
Profusion
Abundance, excess, plenty; extravagance, lavish expenditure
Proliferation
Spread, multiplication, propagation, rapid increase
Prolific
Productive, festive, fruitful, inexhaustible
Prompt
Motivate, occasion, incite, induce; cue
Prone
Inclined, disposed, likely; prostrate, lying flat
Proponent
Supporter, advocate, champion, adherent
Prosaic
Pedestrian, dull, unimaginative, matter-of-fact, commonplace, ordinary
Provincial
Pertaining to province, nonmetropolitan, rural; limited in wider outlook, parochial, unsophisticated, narrow
Proximity
Nearness, closeness, immediacy
PrudenT
Cautious, careful, provident, wise
Qualified
Competent, capable, fit; restricted, partial, limited
Quandary
Dilemma, predicament, perplexity
Quell
Overwhelm, extinguish, subdue, suppress, quiet, end
Quench
Put out (a fire), extinguish, douse, smother; satisfy, relieve, sate, slake, assuage
Quiescent
At rest, dormant, quiet, still, temporarily inactive
Rancor
Bitterness, hatred
Random
Haphazard, accidental