Words in General 2 Flashcards
Aberrant
Deviating from the norm
Acquiescent
Ready to accept something without protest
Acrimonious
Angry and bitter
Affable
Courteous and pleasant
Approbation
Approval or praise
Ardent
Very enthusiastic
Articulate
Fluent; coherent
Brazen
In a bold and shameless way
Capricious
Impulsive and unpredictable
Choleric
Easily angered
Circumspect
Wary and unwilling to take risk
Complacent
Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with ones self or ones achievements
Coy
Making a pretence of shyness or modesty that is intended to allure (typically used of a woman)
Despair
Complete loss of hope
Devout
Totally committed
Dextrous
Showing great skill especially with the hands
Discerning
Having or showing good judgement
Discordance
Lack of agreement or consistency
Dismay
Concern and distress caused by something unexpected
Doleful
Expressing sorrow; mournful
Ebullient
Cheerful and full of energy
Engender
Cause or give rise to a feeling, situation or condition.
Ennai
Boredom
Entreating
Expressing an earnest or anxious request
Facetious
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour (Flippant)
Facilely
To do with ease
Frazzled
Showing the effects of exhaustion or strain
Gregarious
Sociable
Inexorable
Impossible to stop
Inhibited
Unable to act in a relaxed or natural way because of self-consciousness or mental restraint
Irate
Feeling great anger
Jocular
Humorous or playful
Laudatory
Expressing praise
Loquacious
Talkative
Maverick
An unorthodox or independent-minded person
Meek
Submissive
Obstinate
stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
Perceptive
Having or showing sensitive insight
Pompous
Self-important
Premonition
A strong feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen
Provocative
Deliberately causing anger or another strong reaction
Punitive
Inflicting or intending as punishment
Sanguine
Optimistic or positive, especially in a bad situation
Scurrilous
making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
Strident
Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way
Taciturn
Saying little
Tenacious
Firm; persistent
Tentative
Hesitant
Terse
Brief and to the point
Unscrupulous
Not honest or fair
Zealous
Showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective