Vocab Junkie - Set 4 Flashcards
Learn this group of tough but common English vocab words - in chunks of 10 at a time. Just rate your confidence on each word, and it will repeat in an interval of time optimized for your brain's maximum retention. (100 cards)
1
Q
Define:
veracity
(vur-rass-ih-tee)
A
n. truthfulness
In order to have her article published, Susan needed to prove the veracity of her claims.
2
Q
Define:
verbiage
(ver-bee-idge)
A
n. an overabundance of words
n. one’s manner of speaking
The elderly speaker’s verbiage tended toward the formal.
3
Q
Define:
vestige
(ves-tidge)
A
n. a small remnant
That abandoned well is a vestige of the manor that once stood here.
4
Q
Define:
vex
(vex)
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v. to annoy or bother
v. to confound
v. to talk about extensively
It was when they were allowed to horse around the house that the children vexed her the most.
5
Q
Define:
vigilant
(vidge-ih-lunt)
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adj. watchful
Our new dog is very vigilant when it comes to guarding the house.
6
Q
Define:
vigor
(vig-er)
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n. energy, vitality
n. strength; forcefulness
After she broke her hip dancing, Kate realized that she had lost the youthful vigor she once had.
7
Q
Define:
virtuoso
(vur-chew-owe-so)
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n. a highly-skilled artist
Even at a young age, it was clear that Beethoven was a virtuoso in the making.
8
Q
Define:
viscous
(viss-kuss)
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adj. thick and syrup-like
They slathered a viscous glue over the pieces to make sure they would stick.
9
Q
Define:
vituperate
(vahy-too-puh-rehyt)
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v. to scold
The old man vituperated the neighborhood boys who were trespassing on his lawn.
10
Q
Define:
vivacious
(vih-vey-shuss)
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adj. energetic; full of life
At ninety years old, Melinda was known for being particularly vivacious for her age.
11
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. truthfulness
A
veracity
(vur-rass-ih-tee)
synonyms: certainty, truth, fact
12
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. an overabundance of words
n. one’s manner of speaking
A
verbiage
(ver-bee-idge)
synonyms: wordiness, verbosity; delivery
13
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a small remnant
A
vestige
(ves-tidge)
synonyms: remainder, hint
14
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to annoy or bother
v. to confound
v. to talk about extensively
A
vex
(vex)
synonyms: distress, agitate; confuse
15
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. watchful
A
vigilant
(vidge-ih-lunt)
synonyms: attentive, aware, on the lookout
16
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. energy, vitality
n. strength; forcefulness
A
vigor
(vig-er)
synonyms: power, intensity
17
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a highly-skilled artist
A
virtuoso
(vur-chew-owe-so)
synonyms: ace, artist, professional
18
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. thick and syrup-like
A
viscous
(viss-kuss)
synonyms: slow-flowing, syrupy
19
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to scold
A
vituperate
(vahy-too-puh-rehyt)
synonyms: abuse, berate, yell at
20
Q
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. energetic; full of life
A
vivacious
(vih-vey-shuss)
synonyms: lively, spirited
21
Q
Define:
meticulous
(muh-tick-yuh-luss)
A
adj. paying great attention to detail
He was a meticulous sculptor, sometimes spending hours perfecting a single fingernail on one of his figures.
22
Q
Define:
mimicry
(mim-ih-kree)
A
n. a close imitation of something else
Mimicry is common in the animal kingdom, such as when harmless species assume the aspect of poisonous ones to avoid being eaten.
23
Q
Define:
minuet
(min-you-et)
A
n. a slow, stately, pattern dance in 3/4 time
n. the music to accompany the dance of the same name
A minuet is always danced with three beats per measure.
24
Q
Define:
minute
(my-newt)
A
adj. tiny
adj. attentive to the smallest details
The chances of such a slow horse actually winning the race are minute.
25
# Define:
**mirth**
| (**murth**)
n. glee; joy
The house was always full of happy laughter and other signs of _mirth_.
26
# Define:
**dissipated**
| (dis-uh-**pey**-tid)
adj. devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; hedonistic
## Footnote
His life quickly became _dissipated_ and unstructured after he won the lottery.
27
# Define:
**misanthrope**
| (**miss**-un-throwp)
n. hater of humanity
The old man was a notorious _misanthrope_ who loathed even his own children.
28
# Define:
**invidious**
| (in-**vid**-ee-uhs)
adj. offensive, provoking resentment or ill-will
The teacher's _invidious_ practice of playing favorites led to several parent conferences.
29
# Define:
**misconstrue**
| (miss-kun-**strew**)
v. to misunderstand
Eva has a habit of **_misconstru_**ing compliments, reading amorous designs into the most innocent remarks.
30
# Define:
**remit**
| (rih-**mit**)
v. to transmit payment
v. to refrain from exacting
v. to pardon
v. to desist, postpone or give up
The transaction was completed after the buyer **_remit_**ted the money.
31
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. paying great attention to detail
**meticulous**
| (muh-**tick**-yuh-luss)
## Footnote
synonyms: perfectionist, painstaking
32
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a close imitation of something else
**mimicry**
| (**mim**-ih-kree)
## Footnote
synonyms: mime, imitation
33
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a slow, stately, pattern dance in 3/4 time
n. the music to accompany the dance of the same name
**minuet**
| (min-you-**et**)
## Footnote
synonyms: dance, waltz; music, piece
34
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. tiny
adj. attentive to the smallest details
**minute**
| (my-**newt**)
## Footnote
synonyms: very small, miniature; exact, precise
35
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. glee; joy
**mirth**
| (**murth**)
## Footnote
synonyms: cheer, amusement
36
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; hedonistic
**dissipated**
| (dis-uh-**pey**-tid)
## Footnote
synonyms: self-indulgent, spoiled, debauched
37
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. hater of humanity
**misanthrope**
| (**miss**-un-throwp)
## Footnote
synonyms: cynic, curmudgeon
38
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. offensive, provoke resentment or ill-will
**invidious**
| (in-**vid**-ee-uhs)
## Footnote
synonyms: abominable, repugnant
39
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to misunderstand
**misconstrue**
| (miss-kun-**strew**)
## Footnote
synonyms: distort, mistake, misread
40
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to transmit payment
v. to refrain from exacting
v. to pardon
v. to desist, postpone or give up
**remit**
| (rih-**mit**)
## Footnote
synonyms: transfer; stop, postpone; alleviate, pardon
41
# Define:
**mitigate**
| (**mit**-ih-gate)
v. to make smaller or less problematic
The hurricane's effect was **_mitigate_**d by the quick response from the national guard.
42
# Define:
**opprobrium**
| (uh-**proh**-bree-uhm)
n. the disgrace felt by someone who has acted in an outrageously shameful manner; contempt
## Footnote
Oedipus Rex experienced great _opprobrium_ after learning the true extent of his crimes.
43
# Define:
**mollify**
| (**mohl**-ih-fahy)
v. to decrease the strength of
v. to make softer
His rage was **_molli_**fied by his wife's soothing words.
44
# Define:
**momentum**
| (moh-**men**-tum)
n. strength built up by continued movement or development
The protest gained _momentum_ as it passed through the city and gained new supporters.
45
# Define:
**prodigious**
| (pruh-**didj**-us)
adj. having great power or size
adj. extreme
The building of the new dam is a _prodigious_ project requiring thousands of men and millions of dollars.
46
# Define:
**asperity**
| (uh-**sper**-ih-tee)
n. severity, rigor
n. acrimony, irritability
The _asperity_ of a northern winter can lead to depression.
47
# Define:
**profligate**
| (**prof**-lih-git)
adj. immoral
adj. recklessly extravagant
She criticized her spoiled son for his _profligate_ lifestyle.
48
# Define:
**profuse**
| (pruh-**fewss**)
adj. abundant
adj. freely giving or spending
Horrified by the consequences of her actions, Joyce offered _profuse_ apologies to her friends.
49
# Define:
**hapless**
| (**hap**-liss)
adj. unlucky, unfortunate, luckless
The _hapless_, accident-prone child managed to break his leg for the third time.
50
# Define:
**prognostic**
| (prog-**noss**-tick)
n. a prediction
adj. indicating future events
Climate scientists presented a chilling _prognostic_ of what will happen to our planet in the near future.
51
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to make smaller or less problematic
**mitigate**
| (**mit**-ih-gate)
## Footnote
synonyms: diminish, lighten
52
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the disgrace felt by someone who has acted in an outrageously shameful manner, contempt
**opprobrium**
| (uh-**proh**-bree-uhm)
## Footnote
synonyms: dishonor, infamy, humiliation
53
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to decrease the strength of
v. to make softer
**mollify**
| (**mohl**-ih-fahy)
## Footnote
synonyms: disarm, smooth over, soften
54
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. strength built up by continued movement or development
**momentum**
| (moh-**men**-tum)
## Footnote
synonyms: drive, energy, propulsion
55
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. having great power or size
adj. extreme
**prodigious**
| (pruh-**didj**-us)
## Footnote
synonyms: massive, colossal, monumental, extraordinary
56
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. severity, rigor
n. acrimony, irritability
**asperity**
| (uh-**sper**-ih-tee)
## Footnote
synonyms: harshness, bad temper
57
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. immoral
adj. recklessly extravagant
**profligate**
| (**prof**-lih-git)
## Footnote
synonyms: corrupt, degenerate; immoderate, lavish
58
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. abundant
adj. freely giving or spending
**profuse**
| (pruh-**fewss**)
## Footnote
synonyms: excessive, extravagant, plentiful
59
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. unlucky, unfortunate, luckless
**hapless**
| (**hap**-liss)
## Footnote
synonyms: luckless, jinxed
60
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. a prediction
adj. indicating future events
**prognostic**
| (prog-**noss**-tick)
## Footnote
synonyms: omen, foreboding, warning, prophecy
61
# Define:
**proliferate**
| (pruh-**lif**-er-ehyt)
v. to grow and spread quickly
Tensions in the area **_proliferate_**d after the civilian casualties.
62
# Define:
**puissant**
| (**pyoo**-uh-suhnt)
adj. powerful, mighty
A _puissant_ leader can secure the success of an entire team.
63
# Define:
**prone**
| (**prone**)
adj. lying face or front downward
adj. tending to behave or act a certain way
Lucy was _prone_ to cheat on tests, so the teachers placed her in a separate room.
64
# Define:
**propitiate**
| (proh-**pish**-ee-ehyt)
v. to appease
The custom was to _propitiate_ the angry gods with a sacrifice.
65
# Define:
**ineffable**
| (in-**eff**-uh-buhl)
adj. incapable of being described in words
After a long day you can find _ineffable_ pleasure in a hot bath.
66
# Define:
**propitious**
| (pruh-**pish**-us)
adj. favorable
The rainy weather was not _propitious_ for the picnic they had planned.
67
# Define:
**propound**
| (pruh-**pound**)
v. to propose or offer for consideration
To make her point about the dangers of sunburns, Kate **_propound_**ed various theories about skin cancer and its links to ultraviolet radiation.
68
# Define:
**propriety**
| (pruh-**pry**-ih-tee)
n. proper behavior
A model housewife, Mary valued _propriety_ and manners over everything else.
69
# Define:
**precipitate**
| (prih-**sip**-ih-teyt)
adj. acting with haste or on impulse
v. to cause or hasten an event
The officer took _precipitate_ action and wound up making the situation even worse.
70
# Define:
**prosaic**
| (pro-**zay**-ik)
adj. common; unimaginative
## Footnote
Kate's realistic paintings of household objects were criticized as being too _prosaic_.
71
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to grow and spread quickly
**proliferate**
| (pruh-**lif**-er-ehyt)
## Footnote
synonyms: expand, develop
72
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. powerful, mighty
**puissant**
| (**pyoo**-uh-suhnt)
## Footnote
synonyms: strong, formidable
73
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. lying face or front downward
adj. tending to behave or act a certain way
**prone**
| (**prone**)
## Footnote
synonyms: face down, flat, horizontal; likely, susceptible
74
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to appease
**propitiate**
| (proh-**pish**-ee-ehyt)
## Footnote
synonyms: assuage, satisfy
75
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. incapable of being described in words
**ineffable**
| (in-**eff**-uh-buhl)
## Footnote
synonyms: beyond words, indescribable
76
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. favorable
**propitious**
| (pruh-**pish**-us)
## Footnote
synonyms: good, beneficial
77
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to propose or offer for consideration
**propound**
| (pruh-**pound**)
## Footnote
synonyms: counsel, advise, set forth
78
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. proper behavior
**propriety**
| (pruh-**pry**-ih-tee)
## Footnote
synonyms: correctness, accordance, courtesy
79
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. acting with haste or on impulse
v. to cause or hasten an event
**precipitate**
| (prih-**sip**-ih-teyt)
## Footnote
synonyms: expedite, advance
80
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. common; unimaginative
**prosaic**
| (pro-**zay**-ik)
## Footnote
synonyms: everyday, drab, dull
81
# Define:
**prudent**
| (**proo-**dent)
adj. practical; careful
## Footnote
His assistant was particularly _prudent_ when it came to keeping the company's secrets.
82
# Define:
**advert**
| (ad-**vurt**)
v. to call or direct attention towards
As soon as Jim saw the unsafe guardrail, he **_advert_**ed everyone to the problem.
83
# Define:
**excoriate**
| (ik-**skawr**-ee-eyt)
v. to condemn scathingly
## Footnote
After the student's repetitive acts of bullying, the principal **_excoriate_**d him.
84
# Define:
**insipid**
| (in-**sip**-id)
adj. bland, trite
The film's _insipid_ plot, like that of hundreds of others, centered on American agents thwarting a Russian spy ring.
85
# Define:
**sublimate**
| (**suhb**-luh-meyt)
v. to change state of matter between solid and gaseous form without passing through a liquid stage
v. to modify the expression of an instinctual impulse in a socially acceptable manner
Dry ice **_sublimate_**s directly from its solid ice form to the gas you see rising off of it.
86
# Define:
**expatiate**
| (ik-**spey**-shee-eyt)
v. to discuss or write about at great length
## Footnote
Margie **_expatiate_**d about her misfortunes until early in the morning.
87
# Define:
**precipitous**
| (prih-**sip**-ih-tuhs)
adj. dangerously high or steep
adj. done hastily and without care
The economy suffered a _precipitous_ decline in exports.
88
# Define:
**necromancy**
| (**nek**-ruh-man-see)
n. the practice of communicating with the spirits of the dead
n. black magic, black arts, or sorcery
## Footnote
Aunt Pam claimed that _necromancy_ was a way you could speak to your ancestors.
89
# Define:
**truculent**
| (**truhk**-yuh-luhnt)
adj. cruel, ferocious, savage, brutal
## Footnote
The _truculent_ dictator did not care about the well-being of his people.
90
# Define:
**depravity**
| (dih-**prav**-ih-tee)
n. moral corruption or degradation
The various **_depraviti_**es of modern society include an unhealthy obsession with the lives and deaths of celebrities.
91
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. practical; careful
**prudent**
| (**proo-**dent)
## Footnote
synonyms: canny, sagacious
92
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to call or direct attention towards
**advert**
| (ad-**vurt**)
## Footnote
synonyms: observe, attend, point to
93
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to condemn scathingly
**excoriate**
| (ik-**skawr**-ee-eyt)
## Footnote
synonyms: berate, scathe, chastise
94
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. bland, trite
**insipid**
| (in-**sip**-id)
## Footnote
synonyms: dull, uninteresting
95
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to change state of matter between solid and gaseous form without passing through a liquid stage
v. to modify the expression of an instinctual impulse in a socially acceptable manner
**sublimate**
| (**suhb**-luh-meyt)
## Footnote
synonyms: refine, transfer, redirect
96
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
v. to discuss or write about at great length
**expatiate**
| (ik-**spey**-shee-eyt)
## Footnote
synonyms: elaborate, expound
97
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. dangerously high or steep
adj. done hastily and without care
**precipitous**
| (prih-**sip**-ih-tuhs)
## Footnote
synonyms: steep, arduous, high; impulsive, abrupt
98
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. the practice of allegedly communicating with the spirits of the dead
n. black magic, black arts, or sorcery
**necromancy**
| (**nek**-ruh-man-see)
## Footnote
synonyms: sorcery, occultism
99
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
adj. cruel, ferocious, savage, brutal
**truculent**
| (**truhk**-yuh-luhnt)
## Footnote
synonyms: abusive, aggressive, hostile
100
Which of your vocabulary words means the following?
n. moral corruption or degradation
**depravity**
| (dih-**prav**-ih-tee)
## Footnote
synonyms: immorality, criminality
