words dunno I Flashcards
maladroit
A: clumsy
Tripping over his own feet yet again, Scott is quite maladroit.
Mal: bad; maleficent, malefactor
N: maladroitness
credibility
N: the quality of being trusted/believed; plausibility
The whole tale lacks credibility
plausibility
N: the quality of seemingly reasonable
He offers no support for the plausibility of his theory
deicide
N: the killing of a god; the killer of a god
A: deicidal
insecticide
N: product that kills bugs
eloquence
N: fluent/persuasive speaking or writing
A diplomat of potent power and eloquence.
A: eloquence
vital
A: important; essential
2. full of energy
secrecy is of vital importance
2. a vital, lovely girl
paramount
A: more important than anything else; supreme
the interests of a child are of paramount importance.
fundamental
A: basic, foundational, root
A fundamental political principle.
N: a central rule or principal
two courses cover the fundaments of biology
N: fundamentality
wed
N: get married to
2. combine two factors
he was to wed the king’s daughter.
2. wed any man to his pen
futile
A: pointless, vain, useless
I wore my cape in a futile attempt to keep myself dry
delegate
N: a person sent to represent others
congress delegates rejected the proposals
A: delegable
