List Six Flashcards
(20 cards)
Enigma
Perplexing speech or text a riddle puzzle
Buffoon
A person given to clowning and joking
Adamant
Impervious to please or reason firm
Amalgamate
To become combined unite or blend
Capitulate
To surrender
Avaricious
Immoderately desirous of wealth or gain greedy
Limpid
Easily intelligible clear chill
Destitute
Lacking means of subsistence poor
Verbose
A great and usually excessive number of words
Accord
To conform or agree
Abridge
To reduce the length of written text
Berserk
Destructively or frenetically violent
Broach
To bring up a subject for discussion
Brooch
A relatively large decorative pin
Cite
To quote as an authority or example
Procrastinate
To put off doing something
Terse
Brief and to the point
Rectify
To set right
Masticate
To chew
Allusion
An instance of indirect reference