26-50 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Auspicious
Propitious
Very favorable
Morose
Despondent
Very depressed
Impasse
Failure to reach an agreement
Anachronism
Not in the proper time period
Belie
To give a false impression
Mitigate
Mollify
Assuage
Alleviate
To ease; relieve; lessen
Covet
To strongly desire; to crave
Antithesis
Antithetical
Antipodal
Direct opposite
Prototype
An original model
Aloof
Detached; reserved
Trite Hackneyed Pedestrian Platitudinous Banal Insipid
Commonplace
Antecedent
Forerunner
Precursor
A preceding event
Plausible
Believable
Implausible
Not believable
Prudent
Careful; cautious
Aesthetic
An appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive
Paradox
A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
Enigmatic
Inscrutable
Mysterious; baffling
Acquiesce
To comply
Naïve
Gullible
Credulous
Unsophisticated
Autonomous
Independant
Futile
Doomed to failure
Indigenous
Endemic
Native to an area
Ubiquitous
Prevalent
Everywhere; widespread; prevalent