Week 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Benevolence
N. Desire to do good to others, goodwill
Abject
Adj. Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating
Concerted
Adj. Contrived or arranged by agreement
Corroborative
Adj. Making certain, confirming
Deduce
V. To derive as a conclusion something known or assumed
Discern
V. To perceive by the sight or some other sense or by intellect
Disclosure
N. Something that is made know
Divergence
N. The act of branching off, turning away
Diversity
N. Differences, variety
Explicit
Adj. Clearly expressed
Falter
V. To hesitate
Feasible
Adj. Possible to be accomplished
Flux
N. Change
Gaudy
Adj. Excessively showy
Haven
N. Place of shelter
Imbibe
V. To consume by drinking
Larceny
N. The wrongful taking away of the personal goods of another with intent to convert them to the taker’s own
Manifest
Adj. Evident, obvious
Nether
Adj. Lying or believed to lie beneath the earth’s surface
Obstuse
Adj. Not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect
Panorama
N. An unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions
Rapt
Adj. Deeply engrossed or absorbed
Vociferous
Adj. Crying out noisily, clamorous
Elegy
N. A mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song