Color Boost Set 1 Flashcards
(v) warn strongly; to caution; reprimand
Admonish
(n) a quality or characteristic of someone or something; (v) give credit to; state as the cause for something.
Attribute
(v) to be in one’s best interest
Behoove
(adj) combative, aggressive, warlike
Belligerent
(n) intense dislike; (v) to treat with open dislike, to strongly disrespect
Disdain
(adj) (of a person’s hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; unkempt, messy
Disheveled
(n) Unwanted pressure brought on a person, causing the person to act in a way that she or he would not normally; intimidation (usually used after the word, “under”_________ )
Duress
(adj) expressing something boldly and clearly; something enthusiastically expressed with great emphasis
Emphatic
(n) a person’s strong point; what a person does really well
Forte
(adj) marked by a persistent bad luck; pathetic, jinxed
Hapless
(adj) lacking significance or purpose; pointless; silly
Inane
(n) a very, very small amount, a speck
Iota
(n) those activities that focus on getting a job done; the management of the necessary details of an operation
Logistics
(adj) Something that is no longer of significance but once was; something that does not matter
Moot
(adj) Ordinary, commonplace; Lacking interest or excitement; dull
Mundane
