1 Level Flashcards
(50 cards)
Ostensible
Apparent, appearing or seeming to be true, professed or declared as true without being demonstrated or proved, plausible, specious
Paraphrase
To restate
Digress
To wonder, stray from the point, ramble, deviate, go off in another direction
Uncanny
Strange, weird, mysterious, eerie
Candor
Frankness, openness, sincere expression, straightforwardness, outspokenness, forthrightness, ingenuousness
Morose
Gloomy, moody, glum, grumpy, ill-tempered, depressed, dolorous, lugubrious, saturnine; sullen
Antonyms: optimistic, jovial, sanguine
Adept
Skilled, handy, able, clever, deft, expert, adroit, dexterous, proficient
Saturated
Soaked, thoroughly wet, full if moisture, drenched, steeped, permeated, impregnated, imbued, sodden
Pragmatic
Practical
Congenial
Sympathetic, agreeable, compatible, kindred, harmonious, having the same taste, nature, temperament
Antonyms: alien, dissident, incongruous
Capricious
Unpredictable, flighty, changeable, fickle, erratic, whimsical, volatile, mercurial
Blatant
Noisy, disagreeable or offensively loud, boisterous, clamorous
Obligatory
Required, necessary, blinding, mandatory
Negligible
Unimportant, trifling, of little consequence
Adamant
Unyielding, immovable, inflexible, refusing to give in, unshakable, unrelenting, implacable
Sporadic
Occasional, irregular, infrequent, not constant, happening from time to time, occurring in a scattered or random way
Antonyms: constant, incessant, unremitting
Vanguard
The forefront of an action or movement
Concur
To agree, be in accord with, unite in opinion
Precociousness
Early development or maturity (mental)
Antonym: retardation
Aloof
Apart, at a distance, removed, withdrawn, not wishing to speak or associate with others; unsympathetic, unapproachable, standoffish, indifferent
Creed
Belief, professed faith or opinion, doctrine, dogma, credo; credulous - gullible
Tawdry
Cheep and showy, gaudy, garish, sleazy
Peevish
Irritable, cross, complaining, fretful, ill-humored, impatient, difficult to please
Arduous
Very difficult, hard to achieve or accomplish, requiring great effort, laborious, strenuous, toilsome