ApVocab3 Flashcards
(50 cards)
0
Q
Ostentatious
A
Pretentious display
1
Q
Ornate
A
Elaborately decorated
2
Q
Poignant
A
Profoundly moving
3
Q
Ebullience
A
Intense enthusiasm
4
Q
Effusive
A
Emotionaly unrestrained
5
Q
Egregious
A
Offensive
6
Q
Flagrant
A
Extremely shocking
7
Q
Frenetic
A
Wildly excited
8
Q
Gratuitous
A
Given freely
9
Q
Superfluous
A
Extra
10
Q
Alleviate
A
To ease a pain
11
Q
Asylum
A
A place of security
12
Q
Auspicous
A
Promising
13
Q
Benevolent
A
Generous
14
Q
Benign
A
Kind and gentle
15
Q
Mollify
A
To calm
16
Q
Reclamation
A
Making something useful again
17
Q
Sanction
A
To give official approval
18
Q
Dubious
A
Doubtful
19
Q
Fabricated
A
Made; concocted to deceive
20
Q
Hypocrisy
A
Insincerity
21
Q
Slander
A
False charges
22
Q
Spurious
A
Not genuine
23
Q
Astute
A
Clever
24
Clandedtine
Secretive
25
Coup
A brilliantly executed plan
26
Disingenuous
Crafty
27
Ruse
A crafty tick
28
Stratagem
A clever trick used to deceive
29
Surreptitiously
Done by secretive means
30
Wary
On guard
31
Wily
Cunning
32
Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation
33
Ambivalent
Uncertain
34
Apathetic
Showing little emotion
35
Arbitary
Determined by impulse rather than reason
36
Carpricious
Impulsive and unpredictable
37
Equivocate
To avoid making a definite statement
38
Indifferent
Not caring one way or the other
39
Spontaneuous
Unplanned
40
Whimsical
Subject to erratic behavior
41
Inconsequential
Unimportant
42
Superficial
Shallow
43
Tenuos
Having little substance or strength
44
Trivial
Little importance
45
Assiduous
Hard working
46
Compelling
Forceful
47
Diligent
Marked by painstaking effort
48
Dogged
Stubbornly persevering
49
Endure
To put up with
