All Words Flashcards
(45 cards)
Alacrity
Enthusiasm ex: she accepted the invitation with alacrity
Aberrant
Out of the norm ex: aberrant chromosomes
Anomaly
Something abnormal
Approbation
Praise
Audacious
Crazy daring
Capricious
Unpredictable: capricious climate
Censure
Rebuke verb to censure
Chicanery
Trickery
Connoisseur
Expert especially in taste: connoisseur in music
Discordant
Harsh
Disparate
1.
essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.
“they inhabit disparate worlds of thought”
synonyms: contrasting, different, differing, dissimilar, unalike, poles apart; More
antonyms: homogeneous
containing elements very different from one another.
“a culturally disparate country”
Elequent
Well spoken
Enervate
cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
synonyms: exhaust, tire, fatigue, weary, wear out, devitalize, drain, sap, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, prostrate; More
antonyms: invigorate
Ennui
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.
Equvicate
To use ambiguous language
Exculpate
Exonerate
Exigent
Urgent
Filibuster
Obstruction of legislation
Ingenious
Opposite of eloquent artless frank
Inured
Accepting bad (like injured) children inured to violence southern cities in Israel inured to rockets
Irascible
Easily angered
Magnanimity
Kindness
Martial
Associated with war
Mundane
Typical everyday