Vocabulary Flashcards

0
Q

Fledgling

A

A person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

Consummate

A

To complete

Complete or perfect

Being of the highest or most extreme degree

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Plastic

A

Always changing

Pliable; impressionable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Confound

A

To cause to become confused or perplexed.

To fail to distinguish; mix up: confound fiction and fact.

To make (something bad) worse: Do not confound the problem by losing your temper.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Repudiate

A

To reject the validity or authority of.

To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation.

To refuse to recognize or pay a debt: repudiate a debt.

To refuse to have anything to do with: to disown.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Emphatic

A

Expressed or performed with emphasis: responded with an emphatic “no.”

Forceful and definite in expression or action.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Recapitulate

A

To repeat in concise form.

To summarize or repeat in concise form.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Facetious

A

Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Patent

A

Noun: A grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time.

Adj: obvious, plain. Explicit and obvious.
Synonyms: plain, obvious, palpable, unmistakable, glaring, notorious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Laudable

A

Deserving commendation; praiseworthy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Pedantic

A

Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formula rules: a pedantic attention to details

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly