Vocab list 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Abet
Abetment
Abettor
to actively encourage or aid
Affable
Affability
affably
being at ease and pleasant especially in conversation
Approbation
approval or praise
Beneficent
beneficently
doing or producing good; especially: performing acts of kindness or chairity
cajole
Cajolery
to coax or persuade especially by flattery or false promises
Clangor
Clangorous
a loud clanging noise
Debonair
Debonairly
Debonairness
(of a man) confident, stylish, charming
Dilatory
dilatorily
dilatoriness
- tending or intended to cause delay
- tending to be late
Egregious
Egregiously
Egregiousness
very noticeable
or glaringly bad
equitable
eqitableness
equitably
being fair or just
fetter
- a chain for the feet
- something that restricts
Gauntlet
Gauntleted
- a protective glove worn with a suit of armor
- a protective glove used in industry
Heinous
Heinously
Heinousness
Shockingly evil
immutable
immutability
immutably
impossible to change
inconsequential
not important
lassitude
- a condition of weariness
- A state of dreamy idleness
Megalomania
megalomaniac
megalomaniacal
megalomaniacally
- a mania for great or grandiose performance
- a delusional mental disorder that is marked by feelings of omnipotence and grandeur
Obdurate
obdurately
- Stubbornly continuing to do wrong
- hard to convince or persuade
Paragon
a model of excellence or perfection
Politic
wise, especially in dealing with others or in carrying out a policy
recondite
- hidden from sight
- difficult to understand
salient
saliently
- sticking outward
- outstanding
sear
searing
- to cause withering or drying
- to burn, scorch, mark, or injure with or as if with sudden heat
- to cook the surface of quickly with intense heat
Soporific
- causing or tending to cause sleep
- tending to dull awareness or alertness
- of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy
