Week 8 Flashcards
(127 cards)
1
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abdicate
A
give up a position of power
2
Q
abet
A
aid in wrongdoing
3
Q
accolade
A
praise, distinction
4
Q
accost
A
harass
5
Q
adept
A
skilled, talented
6
Q
alchemy
A
medieval chemical philosophy based on the transmutation of base metals in gold
7
Q
alimony
A
maintenance
8
Q
ambiguous
A
uncertain
9
Q
ambivalent
A
conflicted
10
Q
antediluvian
A
out of date
11
Q
apathy
A
indifference
12
Q
apocryphal
A
of doubtful authenticity
13
Q
atrophy
A
waste away
14
Q
autocrat
A
dictator
15
Q
aviary
A
large enclosure housing birds
16
Q
banal
A
trite
17
Q
bastion
A
fortress
18
Q
bay
A
bark
19
Q
be-
A
on, around, over
20
Q
bedevil
A
afflict
21
Q
befall
A
happen
22
Q
befuddle
A
confuse
23
Q
begrudge
A
resent
24
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beleaguer
A
harass
25
bemoan
mourn
26
bemuse
confuse
27
berate
scold
28
bereft
deprived of something
29
beseech
plead
30
besmirch
soil, dirty
31
bestride
sit or stand astride on
32
buffet
batter
33
cabal
small group of secret plotters
34
cache
hiding place
35
capitulate
surrender
36
cataclysm
violent upheaval, disaster
37
chicanery
fraud
38
chortle
chuckle
39
clout
influence
40
cohort
companion or associate
41
condone
pardon
42
coven
group of witches
43
crass
rude
44
crestfallen
depressed
45
cursory
hasty
46
decry
belittle
47
deride
mock
48
devoid
lacking
49
disheveled
untidy, messy
50
docile
tame
51
dowry
money or property given by a bride's family to her husband
52
ebb
recede
53
emaciated
very thin
54
embellish
decorate
55
empathy
understanding of another's motives
56
emphatic
forceful
57
engender
cause, create
58
enigma
puzzle
59
esoteric
understood only by a learned few
60
expiate
atone
61
extraneous
not essential
62
felicitous
appropriate
63
filibuster
to speak a lot to delay
64
ford
to wade through
65
garner
gather
66
germinate
begin to grow
67
gnostic
having to do with knowledge
68
hegemony
predominant influence
69
incarcerate
put in jail
70
inculcate
teach
71
indigent
very poor
72
indignant
angry
73
insurmountable
not able to be overcome
74
invective
characterized by abusive language
75
jingoism
extreme nationalism characterized by belligerent foreign policy
76
jocular
jovial
77
lumber
walk or move with heavy clumsiness
78
mar
damage, ruin
79
nomenclature
systematic naming in art or science
80
notorious
infamous
81
paragon
ideal example
82
parvenu
an upstart
83
plutocracy
government by the wealthy
84
ponderous
cumbersome
85
provincial
unsophisticated
86
pugnacious
aggressive
87
ramble
roam, wander
88
raze
annihilate
89
rife
abundant
90
sacrosanct
sacred
91
sapient
wise
92
scrutinize
inspect carefully
93
sere
withered, dry
94
sobriety
seriousness
95
somnambulist
sleepwalker
96
sonorous
loud sounding
97
sporadic
occurring at irregular intervals
98
spry
nimble, lithe
99
steep
soak
100
stultify
render useless
101
stupor
state of extreme apathy or mental and physical inactivity
102
sublime
uplifting
103
subsidiary
secondary
104
sullen
sad
105
sully
blemish
106
sumptuous
lavish, extravagant
107
supercilious
haughty
108
superficial
only the surface
109
tenable
supportable
110
tertiary
thirdly
111
travesty
mockery
112
tribunal
court of justice
113
troubadour
strolling minstrel
114
unbridled
unrestrained
115
urchin
mischievous youngster
116
vendetta
destructive feud
117
venerate
revere
118
verbose
wordy
119
victuals
provisions
120
virago
strong, aggressive woman
121
vitiated
corrupt, debase
122
vulpine
cunning, clever
123
wax
gradually increase
124
wizened
shriveled
125
yokel
redneck
126
yore
times long past
127
zealot
fanatic
