Group 25 Flashcards
(30 cards)
adept
skilled or proficient at something.
adverse
preventing success or development; harmful.
appropriate
suitable or proper in the circumstances.
archetype
a very typical example of a certain person or thing.
articulate
able to express thoughts and feelings clearly.
auspicious
conducive to success; favorable.
bereft
deprived of or lacking something.
captious
tending to find fault or raise petty objections.
conclusive
serving to prove a case; decisive or convincing.
conspire
to make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful act.
delineate
to describe or portray something precisely.
disentangle
to free something from entanglement; to resolve.
exhort
to strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.
frailty
the condition of being weak or delicate.
grievance
a real or imagined cause for complaint.
harangue
a lengthy and aggressive speech.
ploy
a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one’s advantage.
poise
graceful and elegant bearing in a person.
pomposity
the quality of being pompous; self-importance.
proxy
the authority to act on behalf of another.
relent
to become less severe or intense.
rhetoric
the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.
rigor
the quality of being extremely thorough and accurate.
sparse
thinly dispersed or scattered.
