hot words vocab Flashcards
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affable
adj
easy to talk to
easy to approach
friendly
amicable
adj
showing goodwill
peaceable
congenial
adj
compatible
having kindred needs or tastes
sympathetic
jocular
adj
liking to be with people
like to joke around
animosity
n
hatred
ill will
belligerent
adj
taking part in war or fighting
ready to fight
contentious
adj
quarrelsome
pugnacious
adj
eager to fight
altruistic
adj
showing an unselfish concern for others
largess
n
generous giving
lavish
adj
generous in giving to other or in spending money
philanthropic
adj
showing a desire to help others by giving gifts
charitable
human
prodigal
adj
wasteful
lavish
squander
v
to spend money or time in a wasteful fashion
avaricious
adj
greedy
frugal
adj
careful with money
thrifty
not wasteful
mercenary
adj
greedy for self gain
thinking only of money making
parsimonious
adj
overly thrifty or miserly
adversity
n
great trouble or difficulty
confounding
adj
puzzling
baffling
debacle
n
a failure or breakdown
a collapse that is often nonsensical
enigma
n
a riddle or mystery
a puzzling or baffling matter or person
precarious
adj
dangerous or risky
uncertain
baneful
adj
causing ruin
harmful
pernicious