CHAPTER 4: EVERY SAT WORD HAS A HISTORY Flashcards
1
Q
Very strict laws and rules
A
DRACONIAN
2
Q
Very concise; brief
A
LACONIC, SUCCINCT & TERSE
3
Q
Plain; simple
A
SPARTAN & AUSTERE
4
Q
Idyllically calm and tranquil
A
HALCYON
5
Q
A deliberately misleading argument
A
SOPHISTRY
6
Q
A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
A
CHIMERICAL
7
Q
To deliberately exclude from a group
A
OSTRACIZE
8
Q
Poor; penniless; not affluent
A
IMPECUNIOUS
9
Q
Extremely wicked; vile
A
NEFARIOUS
10
Q
Good-humored; cheerful
A
JOVIAL & JOCULAR
11
Q
A funeral hymn; mournful music
A
DIRGE
12
Q
Excessively sentimental
A
MAUDLIN
13
Q
Foolishly impractical
A
QUIXOTIC
14
Q
A wild uproar; tumult
A
PANDEMONIUM
15
Q
A strict disciplinarian
A
MARTINET
