Vocab 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Increment
An increase or addition.
Description
A spoken or written representation.
Discretion
The quality of behaving or speaking in such way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.
Efficiency
The state of being efficient.
Phonics
A method of teaching people to read by correlating sounds with letters or groups of letters in an alphabetic writing system.
Regress
Return to a former or less developed state.
Forgo
Decline to take; Go without
Abysmal
Extremely bad
Masquerade
A false show or pretense.
Curmudgeon
A bad tempered or surly person.
Miscreant
A person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.
Allude
Suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at
Parochial
Of or relating to a Church parish
Bloc
A combination of countries,parties, or groups sharing a common purpose
Embedded
Fix firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass
Inducement
A thing that persuades or influence someone to do something
Anachronism
Something that doesn’t belong in the period it was found in or Old-fashioned.
Plurality
The fact or state of being plural
Turmoil
A state of great disturbance, confusion or uncertainty.
Engender
Cause or give rise to
Paradox
a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.
Archaic
Very old or old fashioned
Pander
An immoral or distasteful desire,need,or habit,or a person with such desire.
