Vocab List 7 Flashcards
(15 cards)
acumen
def: ability to understand reason
syn: awareness, brilliance
accolade
def: stronge praise, recognition of achievement
syn: approval, achievement, decoration
acute
def: pain that comes quickly
syn: stab, painful
advocated
def: person supporting an idea or cause publicly
syn: backer, campaigner
culpable
def: responsible for action
syn: blamable, at fault, guilty
despondent
def: in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
syn: sad, depressed
dogmatic
def: inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true
syn: assertive, arrogant
equivocal
def: open to more than one interpretation
syn: multiple ways
frenetic
def: fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way
syn: wild, hyper, crazy
gratuitous
def: uncalled for; lacking good reason
syn: unnecessary
indolent
def: wanting to avoid activity or exertion
syn: lazy, inactive
irrevocable
def: not able to be changed, reversed or recovered; final
syn: unchangeable, final, permanent
tantamount
def: equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as
syn: equivalent to, comparable to
vocation
def: a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation
syn: calling, life’s function
vociferous
def: (especially of a person or speech) vehement or clamorous
syn: loud, distracting, noisy
