Vocab Final 2 Flashcards by Edos Urist

Dispassionate

without passion; objective; neutral

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Pragmatic

practical; down to earth; based on experience rather than theory

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Alleviate

to lessen; to relieve; usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable

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Negligence

carelessness

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Conspicious

standing out; obvious

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Advocate

to speak in favor of; to support

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Ascetic

hermitlike; practicing self denial

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Profound

deep; insightful

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Dogmatic

arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; arrogantly claiming that something, often a system of beliefs, is beyond dispute

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Condone

to overlook; permit to happen

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Dissent

disagreement

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Volition

will; conscious choice

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Didactic

instructive; intended to instruct

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Disparate

different; incompatible; separate

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Prosaic

dull; unimaginative; like prose

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Disparage

to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

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Ephemeral

short-lived; fleeting; not lasting

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Profuse

excessive; to the point of extravagance

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Expedient

providing an immediate advantage; serving one’s immediate self interest

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Fastidious

meticulous, clean; demanding

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Belligerent

combative; quarrelsome; waging war

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Astute

perceptive; intelligence

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Censure

to condemn several for doing something bad

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Stagnation

motionless; inactivity

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Mitigate

to lesson the severity of something

Reprehensible

worthy of blame or censure

Engender

to create; to produce

Exemplary

outstanding; setting a great example

Neutral

unbiased; not taking sides; objective

Relegate

to banish; send away

Anecdote

a brief, entertaining story

Scanty

inadequate; minimal

Fallacious

false

Acclaim

praise; applause; admiration

Uniform

consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone

Incoherent

jumbled; chaotic; impossible to understand

Repress

to hold down

Articulate

speaking clearly and well

Solicit

to ask for; to seek

Reproach

to scold

Condescend

to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize

Orthodox

conventional; adhering to established principle or doctrines, especially in religion; by book

Indolence

laziness

Congenial

agreeably suitable; pleasant

Preclude

to prevent; to make impossible; to shut out

Apprehensive

worried; anxious

Elaborate

detailed; careful; thorough

Arrogant

feeling superior to others; snooty

Elusive

hard to pin down; evasive

Efface

to erase; to rub away to features of

Taciturn

not talkative by nature

Ameliorate

to make better or more tolerable

Acquiesce

to give in; to agree

Atrophy

to waste away from lack of use

Dubious

doubtful; uncertain

Flagrant

shocking; outstandingly bad

Abate

to make less in amount, degree, force, etc.

Adulterate

to make inferior or impure by adding some substance; pollute

Auger

to foretell or prophecy from omens; predict

Cloister

a covered walk; place devoted to religious seclusion; convent; monastery

Countenance

the look on a person's face that shows his nature or feelings; the face; facial features

Demeanor

outward behavior; conduct; deportment; bearing

Deportment

the manner of conducting or bearing oneself; behavior

Eminence

superiority in rank, position, character, achievement; greatness

Evanescent

tending to fade from sight; vanishing; fleeting

Exquisite

carefully done or elaborately made; very beautiful

Halberd

a combination spear and battle-ax used in 15th and 16th centuries

Heterogeneous

of different origin; not from the same source

Impediment

anything that bars or hinders the progress of; specif; a speech defect

Inauspicious

unfavorable; unlucky; ill-omened

Manifest

clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; evident

Pillory

wooden board with holes for head and hands in which petty offenders were locked and exposed

Phantamagoric

rapidly changing; esp. things seen or imagined as the figures or events of a dream

Physiognomy

facial features and expression; esp. things seen or imaged as the figures or events of a dream

Preternatural

out of or beyond the natural course of nature; abnormal; supernatural

Rotundity

being round or rounded out; plump; stout

Sagacity

keen intelligence; sound judgment

Scourge

to whip or flog; to punish or afflict severely

Visage

the face or facial expression; appearance

Indubitable

that which cannot be doubted; unquestionable

Iniquity

lack of righteousness or justice; wickedness; sin

Vocab Final 2 Flashcards

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