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Flashcards by abbeyrae22, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by abbeyrae22
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| Question | Answer |
| Compunction | (n.) regret; remorse; guilt from doing something bad |
| din | (n.) confused mixture of noise |
| horrid | (adj.) awful; repulsive; disgusting |
| suppliant | (n.) someone who asks humbly and earnestly |
| tumult | (n.) commotion; uproar |
| marauding | (adj.) raiding; pillaging |
| piquancy | (n.) the quality of being sharp; spiciness |
| mollify | (v.) to placate; lessen in degree; ease |
| dystopia | (n.) dysfunctional society with comprehensive flaws/vices |
| posterity | (n.) future generations |
| admonish | (v.) to reprove/scold gently and earnestly; to caution |
| fulminate | (v.) to give a severe denunciation; to explode |
| furtive | (adj.) stealthy; sneaky |
| lassitude | (n.) a state of weariness or lethargy |
| licentious | (adj.) lacking moral (sexual) restraint |
| mendacity | (n.) a state of falseness or absence of truth |
| milieu | (n.) an environment or setting; atmosphere |
| muse | (n.);(v.) Greek daughters of Zeus who presided over an art or science used for inspiration; to ponder or consider |
| subversive | (adj.) intended to undermine or ruin morals, a government, or ideas |
| vacuous | (adj.) empty; stupid; insane; blank, vacant |
| avocation | (n.) an activity or hobby taken up in addition to regular work |
| callous | (adj.) toughened; insensitive |
| capricious | (adj.) impulsive ad unpredictable |
| efficacy | (n.) effectiveness or worth of an idea or object |
| feeble | (adj.) weak; lacking vigor or effectiveness |
| imperturbable | (adj.) unshakably calm and collect |
| impetus | (n.) impulsive force; energy of moving body; stimulus |
| moribund | (adj.) at the point of death |
| pecuniary | (adj.) pertaining to o having to do with money |
| vacillate | (v.) to sway to and fro; to swing indecisively from one view to another |
| akin | (adj.) related by blood: descended from a common ancestor or prototype; essentially similar, related, or compatible |
| corroborate | (v.) to support with evidence or authority; make more certain |
| inexorable | (adj.) not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped; relentless |
| insipid | (adj.) lacking taste or savor; lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge |
| mellifluous | (adj.) having a smooth, rich flow; filled with something that sweetens |
| nefarious | (adj.) flagrantly wicked or impeous; evil |
| physiognomy | (n.) the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance; external aspect |
| proclivity | (n.) an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| tedium | (n.) the quality or state of being tedious; a tedious period of time |
| torrid | (adj.) parched with heat; giving off intense heat; ardent, passionate |
| affront | (v.);(n.) to confront or insult; an intentional insult |
| blase | (adj.) uninterested or bored; very sophisticated |
| cajole | (v.) to wheedle or coax |
| encumber | (v.) to weigh down or burden; to hinder or impede |
| feckless | (adj.) lacking purpose or vitality; careless and irresponsible |
| impasse | (n.) a literal or figurative situation with no further progress |
| indolent | (adj.) disinclined to work or habitually lazy |
| lugubrious | (adj.) mournful or gloomy |
| ribald | (adj.) marked by vulgar or lewd humor |
| choleric | (adj.) marked by irritable anger |
| amorous | (adj.) romantically or sexually desireable |
| censure | (v.) to critique or disapprove harshly |
| dissemble | (v.) to hide true feelings under false appearance |
| dissimulation | (n.) the concealment of one's thoughts |
| droll | (adj.) amusingly odd, whimsical, and curious |
| expectorate | (v.) to project from the mouth (aka spit) |
| paradox | (n.) a seemingly contradictory statement that still demonstrates truth |
| peremptory | (adj.) precluding further debate or action; imperative; dictatorial |
| pusillanimous | (adj.) lacking courage; timid |
| surfeit | (n.) an excessive amount of something |
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