Unit four Flashcards by Allie Vanneman

vivacious adj

lively in tempor or behavior, attractively animated

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

vivify v

enliven, animate

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

extort v

Obtain something by force or unfair means

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

torsion n

twisting, steer due to twisting

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

tortuous adj

full of twists, winding

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

evince v

reveal, show clearly

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

invincible adj

unbeatable

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

vanquish v

conquer, defeat an opponent

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

fractious adj

irritable, cranky

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

infraction n

act of breaking a law or rule

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

refract v

bend from a straight path

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

refractory adj

hard to manage, resisting, intractable

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

vivacity n

liveliness of spirit

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

omnifarious adj

of all varieties, forms or kinds

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

omnific adj

all creating

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

omnipotent adj

all powerful

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

omniscent adj

all knowing

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

impertinent/pertinent adj

rude or irrelevant/directly relating

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

pertinacious adj

holding firmly to a purpose or opinion

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

retentive adj

able to remember

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

retinue n

group of followers

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

tenacity n

firmness,persistence

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

tenet n

principal or belief held to be true

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

tenuous adj

flimsy, thin, not certain

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

tenure n

period for which a person is in office

untenable adj

unable to be held or defended

admonish/admonition v/n

to warn/mild criticism

premonition/premonitory n/adj

a forewarning/conveying a forewarning

viv

live, alive

tort

twist

vict/vinc

conquer, show conclusively

fract/frag

break

omni

all, every, everywhere

ten,tin

hold, keep

mon/monit

warn, advise, remind

cred/credit

believe

fid

faith trust

grat

thank, pleasant, favor

accredited adj

officially recognized

credence n

belief that something is true

credulous adj

gullible

incredulity n

disbelief

affidavit n

sworn written statement made before an authorized official

bona fide adj

real or genuine

fiduciary adj

(typically relating to money) relating to or involved in a trust

infidel n

a disbeliever in a certain faith

peridious/perfidy adj n

not able to be trusted/violation of trust

gratis adj

free of charge

gratuitous adj

uncalled for

ingrate n

an ungrateful person

corp

body

duc/duct

lead, conduct, follow

secu/secut

cur/curs

run

corpulent adj

overweight

corpus n

a body of written texts

habeas corpus n

citizen's right to court protection

conducive adj

helpful

ductile adj

easily shaped or led

traduce v

to disgrace

inconsequential adj

unimportant

non sequitor n

statement that does not make sense

subsequent

coming after in time

concur v

to agree

concurrent adj

occuring at the same time

cursory adj

running over hastily

discursive adj

wandering from one topic to another

incursion n

rushing into, hostile, raid

precursor n

something that precedes and indicates approach of something worse

gres/grad

step walk go

ped

foot

tact/tang

touch

fer

bearing/producing

egress v n

to exit/an exit

gradation n

a series of changes

gradient n

slope

retrograde/retrogression adj n

going backward/act of going from a better to worse

transgress v

to violate a command or law

expedite v

to accelerate or speed up

impediment n

obstacle

contiguous adj

touching in physical contact

contingent adj

dependent on something else

intangible adj

not capable of being perceived by touch

tact/tactful n adj

sense of what is appropriate to say/having or showing a perception of what to say

tangent/ tangential n adj

straight line meeting a curved line/ tending to digress from topic

proliferous adj

producing new growth rapidly

vociferous adj

loud outcry

somniferous adj

inducing sleep

prehend/prehens

seize/grasp

ject

throw, cast

vert

turn

mis/mit

send

locut

speak/talk

comprehensive adj

extensive, including all aspects of something

reprehensible adj

blame worthy

conjecture n

quess

dejected adj

downcast, depressed

inadvenrtenly adv

without meaning to

incontrovertible adj

to able to be denied

perverse adj

wicked

emissary

a person sent out on a mission

intermittent adj

coming and going at intervals

missive n

written message

circumlocution n

roundabout way of speaking

colloquial adj

informal

elocution n

act of speaking or reading in public

grandiloquent adj

using lofty words

interlocutor n

questioner

loquacious adj

excessively talkative

Unit four Flashcards

(109 cards)