Level 7 Flashcards
(50 cards)
Anomalous
Irregular, abnormal, out of place; inconsistent, unnatural, eccentric, aberrant.
Redress
Reparation, compensation, amends, recompense, retribution, rectification, requital, quittance.
Obsequious
Subservient, submissive, obedient, compliant, servile, slavish, ingratiating, deferential, fawning, toadying, truckling, sycophantic.
Antonyms: unruly, defiant, intractable, refractory, recalcitrant, intransigent.
Didactic
Instructive, designed to reach, edifying, preceptive, expository, hortatory, pedagogic.
Truncate
To cut short, condense, abridge, abbreviate, curtail.
Antonyms: lengthen, extend, elongate, prolong, protract.
Abstemious
Sparing, moderate (eating, drinking), sober, temperate, ascetic.
Ethereal
Heavenly, not earthly; very light, airy, delicate, refined, celestial, lofty, elevated, tenuous, rarefied, sublime.
Antonyms: mundane, terrestrial, sublunary.
Bombastic
Pompous, pretentious, inflated, overblown, grandiloquent, turgid.
Senescent
Aging, growing old, on the decline.
Antonym: juvenescent.
Pernicious
Deadly, fatal, destructive, causing great harm or injury, injurious, ruinous, deleterious, noxious, baneful, malign, noisome.
Antonyms: healthful, wholesome, salutary, salubrious.
catholic
Universal, all-inclusive, all-embracing, comprehensive, broad-minded, tolerant, open-minded, liberal, ecumenical, latitudinarian.
Antonyms: narrow-minded, bigoted, biased, intolerant, dogmatic, parochial.
Objurgation
A harsh rebuke, vehement scolding, reproof, reproach, upbraiding, vilification, vituperation.
Effusive
Gushing, overflowing, overly demonstrative, exuberant, profuse, ebullient, impassioned, ecstatic, rhapsodic.
Antonyms: undemonstrative, reserved, aloof, indifferent, reticent, diffident, taciturn, laconic.
Umbrage
Offense, resentment, displeasure, irritation, indignation, pique.
Vicissitude
A change, variation, alternation, fluctuation, mutation.
Contentious
Argumentative, quarrelsome, litigious, pugnacious, disputatious, belligerent, bellicose.
Antonyms: peaceable, obliging, tolerant, amicable, amiable, equal, benevolent, forbearing.
Obeisance
A gesture of respect, deference, homage, adoration, reverence, veneration.
Assiduous
Hardworking, persevering, unremitting, diligent, painstaking, indefatigable, sedulous.
Antonyms: lazy, shiftless, indolent, languid, phlegmatic, otiose.
Duplicity
Deceit, cunning, double-dealing, trickery, dishonesty, fraud, guile, chicanery, casuistry, mendacity.
Insouciant
Carefree, nonchalant, free from worry, calm.
Myrmidon
Loyal follower, a person who follows orders without question.
Nascent
Beginning to exist or develop, emerging, dawning, developing, commencing, embryonic, incipient, inchoate.
Antonyms: ancient, extinct, outworn, outmoded, antiquated, obsolete, senescent, antediluvian.
Accede
To consent, comply, submit, assent, concur, acquiesce.
Antonyms: resist, disagree, oppose, protest, contradict, dispute, dissent, wrangle, cavil.
Magnanimous
Noble, honorable, high-minded, unselfish; ~courageous, exalted, lofty, charitable, altruistic, beneficent.
Antonyms: vile, contemptible, malicious, despicable, ignominious, covetous, avaricious, mercenary, venal, vindictive, churlish, sordid, abject, servile, sycophantic, pusillanimous.
