List 3 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Epitome
A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type; an abstract
Surmise
To suppose something is true without having evidence to confirm it
Endow
Provide with a quality, ability, or asset
Reticent
Not revealing one’s thoughts and feelings readily; reserved
Premonition
A strong feeling that something is going to happen
Symbiotic
A mutually beneficial relationship between people or groups of people
Impervious
Unable to be affected
Subjective
Dependent on mind or perspective
Eloquent
Fluent, clearly expressing or indicating
Superfluous
Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough
Incontrovertible
Not able to be denied or disputed
Infallibility
The inability to be wrong
Doggedness
Tenacity, grim persistence
Vacillation
Indecisiveness
Dogmatic
Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true
Invidious
Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others, unjust, unfairly discriminating
Clandestine
Keep secret, or done secretively, especially because illicit
Sanguine
Optimistic or positive especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
Liberality
The quality of giving or spending freely
The quality of being open to new ideas or free from prejudice
Doctrinaire
Seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations
Autonomous
Acting independently, self-governing
Intransigence
Unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or agree about something
Fundamentalism
Strict adherence to the basic principles of any subject or discipline
Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation
Unclear or inexact because of range of alternatives
