Exam Vocabulary Flashcards
(27 cards)
Whimsical
Playful, quaint and fanciful
Personable
Having a pleasant appearance or manner.
Calamitous
Involving calamity, catastrophic, disastrous.
Conventional
Based on or in accordance with what is generally believed. The general belief
Judicious
Having, showing or done with good judgement or sense.
Caustic
Able to burn easily specifically chemical reactions
Embargo
An official ban on trade
Nauseate
Make one feel sick
Voracious
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
Dovetail
To fit together perfectly
Haughty
Arrogant or superior
Imperative
Absolutely necessary or required
Loiter
To stand about with no purpose or point
Amplify
To make larger, greater, or stronger
Arrogant
Make flames to superior important a or rights
Infinite
Exceedingly great
Naïve
Nature that is unbothered by science
Ramshackle
Loosely made or held together
Solvent
Having the power of dissolving
Epoch
A distinguished part of history
Quirk
A peculiar action, behavior or personality - a mannerism
Negligent
Lazy careless- offhand
Veneer
A thin layer of wood placed on top of another material - like desk at school
Tedious
To cause boredom or weariness
