201-250 Flashcards
(50 cards)
Hard to understand, over ones head
Recondite
A strong taste or liking for something, predilection
Penchant
A bitter counteraccusation
Recrimination
Fragrant
Redolent
Having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns
Secular
Treason, the incitement of public disorder or rebellion
Sedition
To separate
Segregate
Having to do with the senses or sensation
Sensory
Boldness, recklessness, audacity
Temerity
Mild, moderate, restrained
Temperate
Consistent, unchanging, the same for everyone
Uniform
Using too many words, not succinct, circumlocutory
Verbose
Similarity to reality, the appearance of truth
Verisimilitude
Wild or excessive admiration, flattery
Adulation
To contaminate, to make impure
Adulterate
Unfavorable, antagonistic
Adverse
Having to do with artistic beauty, artistic
Aesthetic
Easy to talk to, friendly
Affable
Unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress
Affectation
Sympathy, attraction, kinship, similarity
Affinity
Combative, quarrelsome, waging war
Belligerent
Confused, bewildered
Bemused
An illusion, a foolish fancy
Chimera
Hot-tempered, quick to anger
Choleric