Words And Meanings Flashcards
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Prescient
Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
Eg. a prescient warning
Incensed
Very angry
Vindicated
Disposed or seek revenge
Lionized
Give a lot of public attention and approval to to someone
Fastidious
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
He chooses his words with fastidious care
Ascendancy
Occupation of a position of dominant or influence
Primacy
The fact of being primary, preeminent, or more important
The primacy of air power in the modern war
Adjudicate
Make a formal judgement or decision about a problem
Contempt
No respect
Galling
Humiliating
Dilatory
Slow to act
Irascible
Having of showing tendency to be easily angered
Circumscribed
Restricted/limited
Cogent
Clear logical and convincing
They put up cogent arguments
Flagrant
Wrong, immoral or offensive
A flagrant violation of law
Bemoaning
Express disconnect or sorrow
Aberrant
Departing from an accepted standard
Belie
Falsely represent
Plundering
Steal something aggressively
Precocious
Having developed certain activity
Urbane
Well mannered
Caprice
A sudden change in mood of behaviour
Assiduity
Constant effort or application
Perspicacious
Having an insight or understanding into something