Vocab - Set 2 Flashcards by Sugandha Vir Anand

guileless

Barron’s 333

Innocent, naive

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hackneyed

overused

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harangue

Barron’s 333

to give long speech

to give long angry speech

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harried

persistently carried attacks on, harassed

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haughty

arrogant

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hegemony

dominance

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heretic

a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs, dissenter

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iconoclast

a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs

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iconoclastic

Barron’s 333

deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices, dissent

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idiosyncrasy

peculiar habit, oddity

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ignoble

inferior, low, lowborn, lower-class, low-life

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ignominious

not respectable

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immutable

Barron’s 333

inalterable, unchangeable

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impertinent

rude boldness

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implacable

Barron’s 333

adamant, stubborn

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imprudent

someone who doesn’t care about consequences, and is not cautious about anything (hence can’t be trusted)

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impudent

rude boldness

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incisive

very clear and direct

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incorrigible

not capable of being cured or reformed

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inexorable

unstoppable, unrelenting

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ingenuous

Barron’s 333

honest, innocent, naive

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ingratiate

Trying to get yourself liked by someone (for eg teachers)

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inimical

hostile

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innocuous

Barron’s 333

benign, harmless, hurtless

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inscrutable

cryptic

insidious

causing harm to someone or something but subtly

intransigent

stubborn; sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

intrepid

fearless

inveterate

something fixed over time

itinerant

wanderer

jingoism

fanatical patriotism.

jubilant

expressing happiness or triumphant feeling

juxtapose

comparing - comparison shows contrasting effect

laconic Barron's 333

someone or something with very few words, brief

lambast

to criticize (someone) severely

languid

no energy/motivation

largess

generous

lionize

give a lot of public attention and approval

maladroit

awkward, butterfingered

maverick Barron's 333

dissident, does not conform to rules

mawkish

over sentimental

mendacity

dishonesty, lying

mercurial

inconsistent, fluctuating

meticulous Barron's 333

very careful and precise; showing great attention to detail

mollify Barron's 333

pacify something or someone

munificent

bighearted, bounteous, charitable

myopic

shortsighted (literally and about things), lacking foresight or imagination

nonplussed

unsure, baffled

obscure HF

ambiguous, something unclear or cryptic

obsequious Barron's 333

excessively obedient/attentive to someone or something

ostentatious Barron's 333

extravagant, flashy

ostracize

exclude (someone) from a group

parochial

narrow-minded

parsimonious

stingy

pedantic Barron's 333

something or someone too full of knowledge about something, too concerned about minor details)

pedestrian

boring

pejorative

belittling, degrading

perfidy

disloyalty

pernicious

damaging

petulant

easily irritated, crabby

placate Barron's 333

appease, pacify

platitude

a statement or cliche used so many times that its trite, not interesting anymore

poignant

emotional, moving

polemic

critical, hostile attack

posit

put forward a fact or statement for argument

precipitous

hasty, rash

preclude

forestall, prevent

precocious

unforeseen, unseen

predilection

affection, affinity to something

prescience

foresight something

prevaricate Barron's 333

fabricate, fib, lie

prodigal Barron's 333

spending money freely or foolishly

prodigious

amazing, astonishing, miraculous

profligate

spending money freely or foolishly

prolific

fruitful, lush, rich

propitious

encouraging, promising

provincial

Belonging to a province Or Non cosmopolitan, not polished/sophisticated/ narrow-minded

querulous

complaining a lot, fussy

quotidian

common, frequent

rebuke

scold, punish someone (for bad behavior)

recondite Barron's 333

difficult to understand by someone of ordinary knowledge, arcane, esoteric

refractory Barron's 333

disobedient, incompliant

reproach Barron's 333

criticize OR disapproval of someone/something OR losing respect in someone/something

repudiate Barron's 333

reject, renounce, refute

rescind Barron's 333

cancel, revoke, call off to officially state that a law, contract, decision, etc. is no longer valid

restive ets

restless or defiant

resurgent

increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence (come alive)

reticent Barron's 333

keeping one's activities hidden from public

rudimentary

early level of skill or development

scrupulous

meticulous - attentive to details

soporific Barron's 333

tending to cause sleep

specious Barron's 333

superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive

spurious

fake

staunch

dedicated, devoted

subversive

disruptor, agitator

sullen

bleak, lacking in cheer

superfluous

redundant and unnecessary

supplant

replace

sycophant

ass-licker, a person who flatters another in order to get ahead

taciturn

reserved/ generally silent person

Vocab - Set 2 Flashcards

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