Sat words #6 Flashcards
(25 cards)
antiquated
obsolete, ouot of fashion, no longer usable
arable
fit for plowing, tillable
ascendency
domination, growing power
atrophy
to waste away, to wither
clandestine
secret, furtive
cinciliate
to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship, to mollify
cursory
superficial, casual, and hastily done
derision
absolute hatred
enmity
scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
extricate
to free, to disentangle
forbearance
patience, lenience
frivolous
lacking in seriousness or importance
garrulous
talkative, rambling, voluble
impetuous
violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
industrious
skillfully busy or occupied, diligent
insolence
insulting or comtemptuous behavior
infamous
having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad
levity
excessive frivolting, flippancy
oblivion
state of being forgotten
paradoxical
something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct
perjury
false testimony under oath
rancor
bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
sycophant
a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser
vacillating
changing, fluctuating