More Words July 21 Flashcards
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Quixotic
Impractical, impulsive and often rashly unpredictable
Resembling
Similar to, to be alike
Myriad
Numerous
Somber
Gloomy
Salient
Prominent, conspicuous
Salubrious
Healthful
Pretentious
Ostentatious
Militate
To have substantial effect
Contention
Strife in debate
Contemporary
Existing, occurring, living at the same time
Absolve
Pardon
Bewilder
Confound, puzzle, perplex, mystify
Petulant
Irritable, peevish, fretful, petting, touchy
Tempestuous
Violent, stormy.
Placid
Pleasantly calm, peaceful
Mercurial
Erratic, changeable
Pliant
Flexible, bending
Frenetic
Desperate or wild with excitement, passion
Instigate
Foment. To cause by incitement, to urge, provoke
Arrogate
To claim unwarrantable or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right. To attribute or assign to another, ascribe
Ascribe
To assign
Eschew
To Avoid, abstain
Inter
Bury
Imbue
Inspire, impregnate