Words I Didn't Know Flashcards
Impugn
to challenge as false (another’s statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
Acrimony
sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc
Sinecure
an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
Salient
Prominent or conspicuous
Salubrious
favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
Opprobrious
outrageously disgraceful or shameful: opprobrious conduct.
Quixotic
extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
Venal
Corrupt or capable of being bought
Panacea
a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.
Apogee
Astronomy. the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth. Compare perigee.
the highest or most distant point; climax.
Gainsaid
to deny, dispute, or contradict.
to speak or act against; oppose.
Ebullience
high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance.
a boiling over; overflow.
Tepid
Marked by lack of enthusiasm; lacking in force
Stentorian
Powerful of sound
Felicitous
Appropriately and pleasingly expressed
Garrulous
Wordy or overly talkative
Vociferous
Loudly and vehemently expressive
Ochlocracy
Mob rule
Plutocracy
run by the wealthy class
Oligarchy
Government run by a few high-ranking individuals
Censure
Official reprimand
Scintillation
Sparkliness
Quittance
Discharge from debt
Irascible
Easily angered
Lambasted
Verbally attacked
Iconoclastic
Eccentric
Excogitating
Considering deeply and thoughtfully
Impinging
Encroaching upon
Quotidian
Commonplace
Intransigent
Stubborn
Esoteric
Inaccessible or hard to understand
Abstruse
Inaccessible or hard to understand
Nonplussed
Perplexed
Dolorous
full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful
Histrionic
of or relating to actors or acting.
deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech.
Inimical
adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful
Gregarious
fond of the company of others; sociable
Scurrilous
grossly or obscenely abusive
Arcane
Known or understood by very few; obscure
Abjured
To renounce or recant
Malfeasance
the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law
Supercilious
haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
Sardonic
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
Fatuous
foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
Ribald
vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
Ignominious
Discreditable; humiliating
Apocryphal
of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
Acumen
keen insight; shrewdness
Acridity
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent
Trenchancy
incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting
Mellifluous
sweetly or smoothly flowing;
Euphonic
Pleasant to the ear
Extirpate
to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair.
Recondite
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter
Punctilious
strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
Waggish
Jocular
Salubrious
Favorable to or promoting health
Truculent
fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
Panegyrical
a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
Ebullient
overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement
Phlegmatic
not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
catholic
broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all
Anecdotal
based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation
Nominal
being such in name only; so-called;
Vituperate
to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile.
Orotund
(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
Depilation
to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
Sanguine
cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
Torrid
oppressively hot, parching, or burning
Harbinger
anything that foreshadows a future event; omen
Repudiate
to reject as having no authority or binding force
Effigy
a representation or image, especially sculptured, as on a monument.
Cosseted
to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
Arid
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched
Inundated
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
Decried
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of
Quaff
to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
