Set 1 Flashcards

Question

Glut

Answer 1

excessive supply

Answer 2

the quality of talking or writing easily and continuously

Answer 3

recognize or draw fine distinctions

Answer 4

deny or contradict

Answer 5

keep from happening

Answer 6

overly sentimental

Answer 7

lacking self-confidence

Answer 8

cannot be stopped

Answer 9

found in the ordinary course of events

Answer 10

describe in detail

Answer 11

distinctive and showy elegance

Answer 12

plausible but false

Answer 13

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Answer 14

lasting a very short time

Answer 15

generous, especially towards someone less powerful

Answer 16

practicing self-denial

Answer 17

traveling from place to place for work

Answer 18

fanatical patriotism

Answer 19

defying tradition or convention

Answer 20

difficult to understand

Answer 21

guided by experience rather than theory

Answer 22

harsh in tone

Answer 23

intended to attract notice and impress others NOT obstinate

Answer 24

charge falsely; attack someone's reputation

Answer 25

unwilling to change one's beliefs

Answer 26

marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning, especially its trivial aspects

Answer 27

lacking significance through overuse

Answer 28

gain favor by deliberate efforts

Answer 29

being of questionable authenticity

Answer 30

someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

Answer 31

done with great haste and without due deliberation

Answer 32

restrict or confine

Answer 33

practicing self-denial; unadorned; harsh in manner

Answer 34

likely to succeed

Answer 35

dominance over a certain area

Answer 36

very generous

Answer 37

a person who tries to please others in order to gain an advantage

Answer 38

full of trivial conversation

Answer 39

readily reacting to suggestions and influences

Answer 40

not easily understood

Answer 41

an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intent and who pretends to have knowledge

Answer 42

reject as untrue

Answer 43

attempting to win favor by flattery

Answer 44

charming in a childlike or naive way

Answer 45

exceedingly harmful, working in a hidden way

Answer 46

assign great social importance to

Answer 47

stir up public opinion

Answer 48

the tendency to be untruthful

Answer 49

wasting time

Answer 50

deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

Answer 51

not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper

Answer 52

expressing disapproval "most psychologists object to the pejorative term 'shrink'"

Answer 53

based on pretense/deceptively pleasing plausible but false

Answer 54

an intense feeling of dislike or aversion

Answer 55

pathetically cowardly

Answer 56

timid by nature or revealing fear and nervousness

Answer 57

confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

Answer 58

a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

Answer 59

assume as fact

Answer 60

the highest point of achievement

Answer 61

to read very carefully

Answer 62

to support financially

Answer 63

one who spends money extravagantly

Answer 64

offer up something formally

Answer 65

an abusive rant (often tedious)

Answer 66

to strongly urge on

Answer 67

extreme tiredness, either mental or physical

Answer 68

a hater of mankind

Answer 69

of primary importance, fundamental

Answer 70

describes someone who is brilliant and lively

Answer 71

completely stocked or furnished

Answer 72

blissfully happy

Answer 73

an ill-tempered or violent woman

Answer 74

a large number of something

Answer 75

eager to fight or argue

Answer 76

an aggressive takeover by a group, or the group itself

Answer 77

a person who believes in the superiority of their group

Answer 78

significant and important value

Answer 79

holier-than-thou

Answer 80

emaciated;gaunt

Answer 81

showing no mercy

Answer 82

open to argument or debate; undecidable in a meaningless or irrelevant way

Answer 83

having or revealing little emotion

Answer 84

the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

Answer 85

unable to be persuaded or moved emotionally

Answer 86

the power of creative imagination

Answer 87

to celebrate a person

Answer 88

devoid of intelligence, matter, or significance

Answer 89

suggesting war or military life

Answer 90

lasting an indefinitely long time; eternal; everlasting

Answer 91

uncertain how to act or proceed

Answer 92

showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

Answer 93

attack in speech or writing

Answer 94

cleverly amusing in tone

Answer 95

a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

Answer 96

use of physical or mental energy; hard work; agony or anguish

Answer 97

a clever scheme to turn things to one's advantage

Answer 98

taking part in immoral and unethical plots

Answer 99

a perceptive understanding; get the meaning of something; well-informed or perceptive

Answer 100

tendency to believe readily

Answer 101

something that is concise and instructive of a general truth or principle

Answer 102

pass on or delegate to another; grow worse

Answer 103

an assumption that is taken for granted; audacious behavior

Answer 104

marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness

Answer 105

necessary as a duty or responsibility

Answer 106

the property of being extremely abundant

Answer 107

precede in time

Answer 108

be widespread in a particular area at a particular time; be current

Answer 109

to be one's duty or obligation

Answer 110

having an agreeably pungent taste

Answer 111

to envy someone for possessing or enjoying something; to give reluctantly

Answer 112

achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

Answer 113

to attempt to gain favor by flattery

Answer 114

harras, as with questions or requests; cause to feel distressed or worried

Answer 115

characterized by dignity and propriety

Answer 116

evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

Answer 117

persistently petty and unjustified criticism

Answer 118

unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly

Answer 119

a short instructive saying about a general truth

Answer 120

comprising many cultures; global in reach and outlook

Answer 121

a person who breaks the law

Answer 122

a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group

Answer 123

determine the number of; specify individually

Answer 124

under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

Answer 125

assign to a lower position NOT regale

Answer 126

involving ignoble actions and motives

Answer 127

describing a lively atmosphere

Answer 128

the property of being prompt and efficient

Answer 129

deserving of praise but not that amazing

Answer 130

prone to outbursts of temper

Answer 131

to bully or intimidate

Answer 132

communicative, and prone to talking in a sociable manner

Answer 133

morose or gloomy

Answer 134

lecherous; sexually perverted

Answer 135

the highest point

Answer 136

complete and wholly (negative connotation)

Answer 137

cautious, suspiciously reluctant to do something

Answer 138

done diligently and carefully

Answer 139

the lowest point

Answer 140

a strong verbal attack against a person or institution

Answer 141

a person who has abandoned a religious faith or cause

Answer 142

intricate and complex

Answer 143

a detested person; the source of somebody's hate

Answer 144

ask a question in which you assume something that hasn't been proven true

Answer 145

produced or characterized by internal dissension NOT facetious - treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant

Answer 146

to speak vaguely, usually with the intention to mislead or deceive

Answer 147

change in one's circumstances, usually for the worse

Answer 148

depravity; a depraved act

Answer 149

lacking money miserly

Answer 150

spirit of the times

Answer 151

an eager willingness to do something

Answer 152

arrogant; presumptuous

Answer 153

of broad scope; universal

Answer 154

poor or a poor person

Answer 155

haughty and disdainful

Answer 156

critical explanation or analysis; especially of a text

Answer 157

having a fierce, savage nature

Answer 158

lazy and irresponsible

Answer 159

dull and lacking imagination

Answer 160

relevant to a subject under consideration

Answer 161

readily taking on different roles; versatile

Answer 162

easily excused or forgiven; pardonable

Answer 163

illusive; unreal

Answer 164

to criticize harshly; to berate

Answer 165

something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen

Answer 166

calmness or poise in difficult situations

Answer 167

a person who has suddenly become wealthy, but not socially accepted as part of a higher class

Answer 168

overly emotional and sad

Answer 169

to have a limited outlook or understanding

Answer 170

joy from watching the suffering of others

Answer 171

fallen into a state of ignorance

Answer 172

to defraud or swindle

Answer 173

to be overly theatrical

Answer 174

to curse and hiss at

Answer 175

extremely optimistic

Answer 176

artificial; not natural NOT facetious

Answer 177

a strict disciplinarian

Answer 178

trifling or petty

Answer 179

greed for money

Answer 180

exaltation to divine status; the highest point of development

Answer 181

related to fashion or clothes

Answer 182

a person who has recently reached a position of power; a social climber

Answer 183

dull/lacking flavor immature

Answer 184

having clarity in terms of expression; clear

Answer 185

abusive or denunciatory language

Answer 186

wildly idealistic; impractical

Answer 187

to persuade somebody that his/her belief is not valid

Answer 188

irritable; always angry

Answer 189

to be moralizing, usually in a pompous sense

Answer 190

a confusing and potentially embarrassing situation

Answer 191

to criticize very harshly

Answer 192

to placate or appease

Answer 193

lacking money; poor NOT impetuous (undue haste) or impetus (force)

Answer 194

to make objections while pleading

Answer 195

terribly evil

Answer 196

smooth and sweet-sounding

Answer 197

the confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar

Answer 198

filled with courage or valor

Answer 199

to be biased against due to envy or prejudice | also to be affected by jaundice

Answer 200

to be deliberately teasing

Answer 201

likely to lean towards a controversial view

Answer 202

a person who indulges in luxury

Answer 203

to remove objectionable material

Answer 204

not doing one's duties same as noun: abandoned

Answer 205

expressing praise or approval

Answer 206

fearless daring

Answer 207

excessively flattering towards someone's life or work

Answer 208

lack of concern

Answer 209

attribute to something

Answer 210

a socially awkward or tactless act

Answer 211

integrity, strong moral principles

Answer 212

a summary/recap

Answer 213

to wander aimlessly speak rapidly and incessantly meander is also to follow a winding course

Answer 214

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

Answer 215

ridicule with satire

Answer 216

something that soothes or relieves pain inoffensive

Answer 217

careful in regard to your own interests; providing carefully for the future

Answer 218

an office that involves minimal duties

Answer 219

boring verbosity

Answer 220

excessively mournful

Answer 221

biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style

Answer 222

audacious/arrogant behavior that you have no right to

Answer 223

puffed up with vanity

Answer 224

deceitfulness, pretending to want one thing but interested in something else

Answer 225

the quality of innocence

Answer 226

relating to or involving money

Answer 227

acutely insightful and wise

Answer 228

beg persistently and urgently

Answer 229

inspiring fear or awe

Answer 230

any long and tedious account of something

Answer 231

a person skilled in telling anecdotes

Answer 232

having good judgement and acute insight

Answer 233

a statement made about the future

Answer 234

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Answer 235

marked by precise accordance with details

Answer 236

traveling by foot

Answer 237

humorously vulgar

Answer 238

a practical consequence that follows naturally

Answer 239

to make accustomed to something unpleasant

Answer 240

of or characteristic of a child; displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Answer 241

noisily and stubbornly defiant; willfully difficult to control

Answer 242

likely to cause resentment

Answer 243

engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

Answer 244

harshness of manner

Answer 245

remarkably appropriate

Answer 246

offensively self-assured or given to exercising unwarranted power

Answer 247

make more subtle or refined

Answer 248

mutual accusations

Answer 249

with little chance of success

Answer 250

defying imitation; matchless

Answer 251

an exemption from a rule or obligation

Answer 252

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

Answer 253

to enclose, usually in walls

Answer 254

treat with excessive indulgence

Answer 255

must be kept sacred

Answer 256

speed, rapidity

Answer 257

an indirect suggestion

Answer 258

the final resolution of the many strands of a literary or dramatic work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events

Answer 259

a feeling of evil to come

Answer 260

not given careful consideration

Answer 261

supplying added support

Answer 262

a reappearance of an earlier characteristic; throwback

Answer 263

not straightforward; giving a false appearance of frankness

Answer 264

not real or genuine; phony

Answer 265

strongly affectionate towards very drunk

Answer 266

not confined or limited

Answer 267

the reestablishing of cordial relations

Answer 268

a feeling of excessive concern

Answer 269

very generous

Answer 270

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

Answer 271

filled with or evoking sadness

Answer 272

a witty saying

Answer 273

cruel and bitter criticism

Answer 274

express strong disapproval of

Answer 275

defiant aggressiveness

Answer 276

something desired or wished for but is only an illusion and impossible to achieve

Answer 277

only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

Answer 278

highly perceptive

Answer 279

a short, pithy instructive saying

Answer 280

ludicrously odd

Answer 281

something that is inappropriate for the given time period

Answer 282

a maneuver or risk in a game or conversation, designed to secure an advantage

Answer 283

to break out or happen again

Answer 284

showing little emotion

Answer 285

a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

Answer 286

something to be imitated

Answer 287

a strong verbal attack

Answer 288

total lack of meaning or ideas

Answer 289

creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression

Answer 290

marked by high spirits or excitement

Answer 291

seize and control without authority

Answer 292

transparently clear; easily understandable

Answer 293

showing hovering attentiveness

Answer 294

someone shirking their duty by pretending to be sick or incapacitated

Answer 295

injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards

Answer 296

tending to depart from the main point

Answer 297

characterized by lightness and insubstantiality

Answer 298

arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth

Answer 299

a trite or obvious remark

Answer 300

uninteresting; lacking vitality

Answer 301

something desired as a necessity

Answer 302

formally reject or give up

Answer 303

cause one, through routine, to lose energy and enthusiasm

Answer 304

convert someone to another religion

Answer 305

attack as false

Answer 306

free of guilt; beyond doubt or reproach

Answer 307

characteristic of an absolute ruler offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

Answer 308

highly or widely praised or boasted about

Answer 309

(of language) pompous and tedious

Answer 310

an act of extreme wickedness

Answer 311

being of equal extent or scope or duration

Answer 312

(of conflict) within a group or organization

Answer 313

expressing sorrow

Answer 314

young and inexperienced

Answer 315

not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

Answer 316

intellectually productive

Answer 317

someone new to a field or activity

Answer 318

reluctant to draw attention to yourself

Answer 319

command against

Answer 320

showing sorrow

Answer 321

a pauper who lives by begging

Answer 322

a formal expression of praise

Answer 323

corruption, usually through bribery

Answer 324

be valid, applicable, or true

Answer 325

impossible to avoid or evade

Answer 326

the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); the person for whom something is named

Answer 327

revoke or relinquish formally; do away with

Answer 328

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

Answer 329

squander or spend money frivolously; to disperse or scatter

Answer 330

joyously unrestrained

Answer 331

a living full of debauchery and indulgence in sensual pleasure

Answer 332

the appearance of truth

Answer 333

a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) a bad imitation

Answer 334

describing an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Answer 335

unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love sorrowful through loss or deprivation

Answer 336

showing sorrow

Answer 337

an excessive amount of something

Answer 338

speak (about important matters) rapidly and incessantly

Answer 339

a deliberately misleading fabrication

Answer 340

tending to vanish like vapor

Answer 341

disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking

Answer 342

light teasing

Answer 343

the quality of being meager

Answer 344

inappropriate

Answer 345

very irritable

Answer 346

ridicule or expose to public scorn

Answer 347

state or announce

Answer 348

conceal one's true motives, usually through deceit NOT disassemble

Answer 349

characterized by or full of force and vigor; having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

Answer 350

idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquility; marked by peace and prosperity

Set 1 Flashcards

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