Vocabulary List #5 Flashcards
(20 cards)
1
Q
Accolade
A
Award of merit
2
Q
Acrid
A
Sharp; bitterly pungent in smell
3
Q
Adversary
A
Opponent
4
Q
Anecdote
A
Short account of an amusing or
interesting event
5
Q
Arbitrary
A
Capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
6
Q
Coercion
A
Use of force to get someone to obey
7
Q
Compille
A
Assemble, gather, accumulate
8
Q
Conjecture
A
Sumrise, guess
9
Q
Contend
A
Struggle, compete, assert earnestly
10
Q
Culpable
A
Deserving blame
11
Q
Elicit
A
Draw out by discussion
12
Q
Enmity
A
ill-will hatred
13
Q
Exemplify
A
Serve as an example of; embody
14
Q
Gregarious
A
Sociable
15
Q
Idiosyncrasy
A
Individual trait, usually odd in nature, eccentricity
16
Q
Laud
A
Praise
17
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Meticulous
A
Excessively careful; painstaking, scrupulous
18
Q
Ornate
A
Excessively or elaborately decorated
19
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Prolific
A
abundantly fruitful
20
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tantamount
A
equivalent in efficient value
