Lesson 6 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable
Antiquated
Fit for plowing, tillable
Arable
Domination; growing power
Ascendancy
To waste away, to wither
Atrophy
Secret
Clandestine
To reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship
Conciliate
Superficial, casual, hastily done
Cursory
Scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
Derision
Absolute hatred
Enmity
To free, to disentangle
Extricate
Patience, lenience
Forbearance
Lacking in seriousness or importance
Frivolous
Talkative, rambling
Garrulous
Violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
Impetuous
Skillfully busy or occupied
Industrious
Having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad
Infamous
Insulting or contemptuous behavior
Insolence
Excessive frivolity, flippancy
Levity
State of being forgotten
Oblivion
Something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct
Paradoxical
False testimony under oa
Perjury
Bitter deep-seated I’ll will, enmity
Rancor
A self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser
Sycophant
Changing, fluctuating
Vacillating