Week 7 Flashcards
(125 cards)
1
Q
abhor
A
hate
2
Q
abject
A
wretched
3
Q
abscond
A
to go into hiding
4
Q
abstemious
A
eating and drinking in moderation
5
Q
abstruse
A
profound
6
Q
adamant
A
stubbornly unyielding
7
Q
alacrity
A
zeal
8
Q
castigate
A
criticize/punish severely
9
Q
chronic
A
habitual, prolonged
10
Q
codicil
A
supplement
11
Q
cognate
A
related
12
Q
commend
A
praise
13
Q
conclave
A
secret or confidential meeting
14
Q
concordance
A
agreement
15
Q
confound
A
confuse
16
Q
conundrum
A
puzzle, riddle
17
Q
daunt
A
discourage, dismay
18
Q
decadent
A
declining
19
Q
denigrate
A
vilify, malign
20
Q
destitute
A
poor
21
Q
diaphanous
A
transparent
22
Q
diffident
A
timid, reserved
23
Q
elegy
A
melancholy song
24
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endemic
A
inherent, native
25
epitome
embodiment
26
epoch
era, time period
27
erudite
learned, scholarly
28
exculpate
exonerate
29
extemporize
improvise
30
extirpate
destroy completely
31
extricate
release
32
fecund
fertile, productive
33
foment
incite, stir up
34
hubris
pride, arrogance
35
ignominious
disgraceful
36
incursion
invasion
37
internecine
mutually destructive
38
maladroit
inept
39
mandate
an order
40
mandatory
obligatory
41
maverick
non-conformist
42
mendicant
beggar
43
mercurial
volatile
44
misnomer
incorrect name or designation
45
moot
arguable
46
nostrum
untested solution
47
obfuscate
confuse
48
obloquy
abuse, vilification
49
odium
hate, loathing
50
opus
a creative work or art
51
orthodox
conventional
52
palliate
mitigate
53
pecuniary
relating to money
54
pedagogue
educator, teacher
55
pedantic
academic, bookish
56
peregrinate
journey, wander
57
perfidious
back-stabbing
58
pernicious
deadly
59
petrify
turn to stone
60
pillage
plunder, loot
61
pithy
cogent
62
platitude
trite or banal statement
63
polemic
denunciation, tirade
64
politic
diplomatic
65
pontificate
express opinions in a dogmatic way
66
prattle
babble, ramble
67
precocious
unusually mature
68
predilection
preference
69
presage
predict, foretell
70
prestidigitation
skillfulness
71
presumptuous
excessively forward
72
prevaricate
equivocate
73
probity
honesty
74
proclivity
predisposition
75
prodigal
lavish, wasteful
76
prolix
verbose
77
propensity
inclination
78
propitiate
appease
79
propitious
auspicious
80
prosaic
dull
81
protocol
code of conduct
82
punitive
vengeful
83
pusillanimous
cowardly
84
quack
fake, fraud
85
quagmire
predicament
86
rancid
stale, foul, putrid
87
recondite
ambiguous
88
regale
entertain
89
replicate
copy
90
reticent
restrained, reserved
91
sagacious
wise, learned
92
salubrious
healthful, wholesome
93
saunter
stroll, walk at a leisurely pace
94
savant
expert
95
servile
slavish
96
shun
ostracize
97
stigma
mark of disgrace
98
subvert
ruin, undermine
99
succor
give assistance
100
sundry
miscellaneous
101
supplant
displace, usurp
102
tactile
tangible
103
talon
claw
104
tangential
divergent
105
tangible
touchable
106
temperance
moderation
107
thwart
defeat
108
titter
giggle
109
toady
henchman
110
trenchant
observant
111
trite
overused
112
unctuous
slippery, oily
113
undermine
weaken, impair
114
unkempt
unruly, messy
115
unwarranted
without cause
116
unwitting
unintentional
117
vapid
dull, flat
118
venerable
commanding respect
119
verily
assuredly
120
vernacular
common tongue
121
vestige
evidence
122
vigor
strength, enthusiasm
123
vindicate
justify, prove
124
virtuoso
master
125
vitiate
corrupt, debase
