List 22 Flashcards
Pedantic
Characterized by a narrow,often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules. (Viewers were upset about the pedantic ending of The Chase because a contestant got out over one letter misspell)
Pithy
Precisely meaningful; tersely cogent; forceful and brief.
Venial
Pardonable, forgivable,excusable
Copious
Yielding or containing plenty; ample, abundant,plentiful.
Perfidious
Treacherous,false, disloyal; suggests calculated violation of trust. (Russia was perfidious with Ukraine when they said that they would not missile attack them they did)
Quixotic
Foolishly impractical,caught up in romance of noble deeds and pursuit or unreachable goals.
Penury
A state of extreme poverty or destitution (In Nigeria the president changed the currency to improve the economy,but rural Nigerians were drove into penury/poverty)
Volition
A conscious choice or decision; the act or an instance of making a conscious choice; the power or faculty of choosing the will
Felicitous
Marked by happiness of good fortune; exhibiting an agreeable appropriate manner or style
Tenable
based on sound reasoning or evidence; capable of being supported or maintained in argument
Diffident
unassertive and lacking a sense of self-worth; shy and retiring
Bilk
To swindle or cheat, to defraud (Old lady in Windsor who almost got scammed of her whole bank account because she got a call and they said they were her grandson who was in ail and needed help.
Rankle
To cause irritation or festering resentment; to peeve because a perceived injustice (The Amazon-owned home security business introduced a flying camera on Thursday that may excite home- surveillance fans but is almost certain to rankle privacy advocates)
Encomium
Warm or glowing praise; formal (usually public) tribute
Pulchritude
Beauty; handsomeness
