Vocab 6 Flashcards by Jeremy Intal

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Irradiate

v. illuminate by or as if by shining light

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Irreproachable

adj. beyond criticism; faultless

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Itinerant

adj. nomadic; n. wanderer

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Jaded

adj. tired; bored or lacking enthusiasm

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Jamb

n. a side post or surface of a doorway, window, or fireplace

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Jaundiced

adj. affected by bitterness, resentment, or envy; yellow in complexion

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Jaunt

n. a short pleasurable trip

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Jaunty

adj. having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and confident manner

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Jejune

adj. naïve, simplistic, and superficial

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Jibe

v. to agree with

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Jingoistic

adj. extremely patriotic, esp. in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy

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Jollity

n. lively and cheerful activity or celebration

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Squalid

adj. (of a place) extremely dirty or unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect

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Staid

adj. dull; sober; serious

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Stanch

adj. to stop

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Stanchion

n. an upright bar or post forming a support or barrier

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Stevedore

n. dockworker

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Stinting

v. supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something); to be economical or frugal about spending or providing something

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Stipple

v. (in drawing, painting, and engraving) mark (a surface) with numerous small dots or specks

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Stoke

v. encourage or incite (a strong emotion or tendency); strengthen

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Stonewalled

v. to delay or block by refusing to answer questions or by giving evasive replies especially in politics

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Strident

adj. loud and harsh

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Vitriolic

adj. filled with bitter criticism or malice; corrosive; strongly attacking

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# Define: Vituperate

v. to blame or insult; attack bitterly

# Define: Vivify

v. to enliven or animate

# Define: Vociferous

adj. (esp. of a person or speech) noisy; loud in speech

# Define: Voluble

adj. speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently

# Define: Voracious

adj. ravenous

# Define: Vulpine

adj. fox-like

# Define: Waffle

v. to fail to make up one's mind; to talk nonsense

# Define: Wane

v. (esp. of a condition or feeling) decrease in vigor, power, or extent; become weaker

# Define: Wax

v. become larger or stronger

# Define: Waylay

v. stop or interrupt and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way

# Define: Whelp

n. young dog

# Define: Recidivist

n. one who continually repeats an offense

# Define: Recapitulate

v. summarize

# Define: Recant

v. to say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief

# Define: Rebus

n. puzzle in which pictures give clues

# Define: Raze

v. destroy; demolish (a building, town, or other site)

# Define: Ravishment

n. the seizing and carrying off of someone by force; to rape

# Define: Rapscallion

n. mischievous person

# Define: Rancorous

adj. characterized by bitterness or resentment

# Define: Rancor

n. bitterness or resentfulness

# Define: Consternation

n. worry and concern

# Define: Conspicuous

adj. easily seen

# Define: Consecrate

v. to make or declare sacred; dedicate

# Define: Consanguineous

adj. relating to people descended from the same ancestor

# Define: Congenital

adj. (esp. of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth

# Define: Conflagration

n. a big fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

# Define: Confabulation

n. engagement in conversation (v. confabulate)

# Define: Condign

adj. (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing

# Define: Conciliate

to bring together; end a dispute

# Define: Conceit

excessive pride in oneself; an elaborate metaphor

# Define: Concatenate

link together

# Define: Complaisant

willing to please others,

# Define: Censorious

disapproving; critical

# Define: Disapprobation

disapproval

# Define: Discountenance

v. to refuse to approve of (something); disallow

# Define: Decorous

adj. in keeping with good taste and propriety; dignified, well behaved

# Define: Disinter

v. dig up; discover (something that is well hidden)

# Define: Enigmatic

adj. difficult to interpret or understand

# Define: Precocious

adj. (of a child) having developed certain abailities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual

# Define: Flower

v. develop fully and richly

# Define: Pejorative

adj. expressing contempt or disapproval

# Define: Turpitude

n. depravity or immorality

# Define: Extradite

v. deport from one country back to the home country

# Define: Disavow

v. deny responsibility or support for

# Define: Bellicose

adj. demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight

# Define: Gossamer

n. something delicate; filmy

# Define: Precipitous

adj. done suddenly and without careful considerations

# Define: Macabre

adj. disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury

# Define: Garble

v. distort; confuse; muddle

# Define: Derogated

v. disparage; deviate from

# Define: Denigrate

v. criticize unfairly

# Define: Froward

adj. (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary

# Define: Cloying

adv. disgust or sicken someone with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment (v. cloy)

# Define: Dissemble

v. disguise or conceal

# Define: Contumacious

adj. (esp. of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority

# Define: Obduracy

adj. stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

# Define: Dolt

n. stupid person

# Define: Risible

adj. such as to provoke laughter

# Define: Meet

adj. suitable or proper

# Define: Subpoena

n. or v. summons to court

# Define: Specious

adj. superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance

# Define: Commodious

adj. roomy and comfortable

# Define: Extirpated

v. root out and destroy completely

# Define: Boorish

adj. rough and bad mannered

# Define: Coarse

adj. rough; rude, crude, or vulgar

# Define: Exegesis

n. scholarly explanation or interpretation

# Define: Pedagogy

n. method of teaching; science of education

# Define: Reproof

n. an expression of blame or disapproval; scolding; criticism

# Define: Discrete

adj. separate

# Define: Unfetter

v. set free

# Define: Psychosis

n. severe mental disturbance

# Define: Dissuade

v. persuade someone not to take a course of action

# Define: Discreet

adj. careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions, esp. in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. illuminate by or as if by shining light

Irradiate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. beyond criticism; faultless

Irreproachable

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. nomadic; n. wanderer

Itinerant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. tired; bored or lacking enthusiasm

Jaded

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a side post or surface of a doorway, window, or fireplace

Jamb

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. affected by bitterness, resentment, or envy; yellow in complexion

Jaundiced

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a short pleasurable trip

Jaunt

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and confident manner

Jaunty

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. naïve, simplistic, and superficial

Jejune

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to agree with

Jibe

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. extremely patriotic, esp. in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy

Jingoistic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. lively and cheerful activity or celebration

Jollity

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a place) extremely dirty or unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect

Squalid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. dull; sober; serious

Staid

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. to stop

Stanch

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an upright bar or post forming a support or barrier

Stanchion

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. dockworker

Stevedore

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something); to be economical or frugal about spending or providing something

Stinting

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. (in drawing, painting, and engraving) mark (a surface) with numerous small dots or specks

Stipple

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. encourage or incite (a strong emotion or tendency); strengthen

Stoke

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to delay or block by refusing to answer questions or by giving evasive replies especially in politics

Stonewalled

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. loud and harsh

Strident

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. filled with bitter criticism or malice; corrosive; strongly attacking

Vitriolic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to blame or insult; attack bitterly

Vituperate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to enliven or animate

Vivify

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp. of a person or speech) noisy; loud in speech

Vociferous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. speaking or spoken incessantly and fluently

Voluble

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. ravenous

Voracious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. fox-like

Vulpine

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to fail to make up one's mind; to talk nonsense

Waffle

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. (esp. of a condition or feeling) decrease in vigor, power, or extent; become weaker

Wane

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. become larger or stronger

Wax

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. stop or interrupt and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way

Waylay

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. young dog

Whelp

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. one who continually repeats an offense

Recidivist

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. summarize

Recapitulate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief

Recant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. puzzle in which pictures give clues

Rebus

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. destroy; demolish (a building, town, or other site)

Raze

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. the seizing and carrying off of someone by force; to rape

Ravishment

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. mischievous person

Rapscallion

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. characterized by bitterness or resentment

Rancorous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. bitterness or resentfulness

Rancor

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. worry and concern

Consternation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. easily seen

Conspicuous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to make or declare sacred; dedicate

Consecrate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. relating to people descended from the same ancestor

Consanguineous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp. of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth

Congenital

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. a big fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

Conflagration

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. engagement in conversation (v. confabulate)

Confabulation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing

Condign

# What word most nearly fits this definition? to bring together; end a dispute

Conciliate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? excessive pride in oneself; an elaborate metaphor

Conceit

# What word most nearly fits this definition? link together

Concatenate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? willing to please others,

Complaisant

# What word most nearly fits this definition? disapproving; critical

Censorious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? disapproval

Disapprobation

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. to refuse to approve of (something); disallow

Discountenance

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. in keeping with good taste and propriety; dignified, well behaved

Decorous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. dig up; discover (something that is well hidden)

Disinter

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. difficult to interpret or understand

Enigmatic

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a child) having developed certain abailities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual

Precocious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. develop fully and richly

Flower

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. expressing contempt or disapproval

Pejorative

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. depravity or immorality

Turpitude

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. deport from one country back to the home country

Extradite

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. deny responsibility or support for

Disavow

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight

Bellicose

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. something delicate; filmy

Gossamer

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. done suddenly and without careful considerations

Precipitous

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury

Macabre

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. distort; confuse; muddle

Garble

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. disparage; deviate from

Derogated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. criticize unfairly

Denigrate

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary

Froward

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adv. disgust or sicken someone with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment (v. cloy)

Cloying

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. disguise or conceal

Dissemble

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. (esp. of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority

Contumacious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Obduracy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. stupid person

Dolt

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. such as to provoke laughter

Risible

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. suitable or proper

Meet

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. or v. summons to court

Subpoena

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance

Specious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. roomy and comfortable

Commodious

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. root out and destroy completely

Extirpated

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. rough and bad mannered

Boorish

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. rough; rude, crude, or vulgar

Coarse

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. scholarly explanation or interpretation

Exegesis

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. method of teaching; science of education

Pedagogy

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. an expression of blame or disapproval; scolding; criticism

Reproof

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. separate

Discrete

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. set free

Unfetter

# What word most nearly fits this definition? n. severe mental disturbance

Psychosis

# What word most nearly fits this definition? v. persuade someone not to take a course of action

Dissuade

# What word most nearly fits this definition? adj. careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions, esp. in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage

Discreet

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