Core Vocab II Flashcards
(24 cards)
exhort
to encourage, urge, pep talk, implore
antipathy
strong dislike
“anti + pathy”
digress
to depart from a subject, wander, ramble
“i digress”
“gress - to step (progress, regress, transgress, egress)”
tenacious
showing great determination
“ten - to hold (tenet - opinion held true by someone, tenable - capable of being held)”
indulgent
overly tolerant
polarize
to create disunity or dissension, break up
nebulous
vague, cloudy, misty
“nebula - far and vague”
ephemeral, evanescent
very brief, transient
perennial
returning year after year, enduring
penchant, predilection, propensity
a liking for something, a bent
capricious, mercurial, fickle
very changeable
boorish, uncouth, crass
vulgar, crude, unrefined
indignant
characterized by outrage at something that is perceived as unjust
stymie
to stop, thwart, frustrate, prevent
adroit, deft
adept, having or showing great skill
“adroit - right - right handed - good (opposed to maladroit - lefthanded - bad)”
admonish
to earnestly caution, warn
“mon - to warn, remind (monitor, monument, admonition (warning))”
incontrovertible
impossible to deny, true
voracious, rapcious, ravenous
having a huge appetite
callous
unfeeling, insensitive, emotionally hardened
“callouses are hard”
intrepid
courageous, fearless, resolute
convoluted
winding, twisting, intricate and difficult to understand
itinerant
migrating from place to place, not sedentary
“you need an itinerary for vacations”
poignant
moving, touching
impetus
stimulus/encouragement that results in increased activity
