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Details Title: UNIT1-5 Description: some words to learn Total Flash Cards: 42 Created: 11/20/2007 08:19:48	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term acquisitive Definition concerned with gaining wealth; able to retain ideas or information Term banal Definition commonplace, hackneyed, stale Term emulate Definition to imitate with the intent of surpassing or equaling. Term eschew Definition shun, keep away from Term germane Definition relevant, fitting, appropriate Term intransigent Definition refusing to compromise, stubborn, obdurate Term invidious Definition offensive, hateful Term taciturn Definition quiet by nature Term temporize Definition to stall or act evasively in order to gain time Term avid Definition intensely eager, desirous to the point of greed Term celerity Definition swiftness, speed Term halcyon Definition tranquil, peaceful, golden, serene Term indendiary Definition deliberately causing fires Term myopic Definition near-sighted, lacking foresight Term pejorative Definition tending to make worse, derogatory Term propriety Definition appropriateness Term sacrilege Definition improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred Term talisman Definition an object that serves as a charm, an amulet Term articulate Definition to express clearly, to pronounce distinctly Term decry Definition to condemn, express dissaproval Term dissemble Definition disguise or conceal Term eulogy Definition a formal commendation, an encomium Term feckless Definition lacking in spirit or strength Term nefarious Definition wicked, depraved Term piquant Definition spicy, stimulating to taste or mind Term primordial Definition created at or related to the beginning of time Term propinquity Definition nearness in place or timem Term utopian Definition founded on an idealistic view of the world, a perfect society Term verbage Definition excess wordiness, 'verbal garbage' or excess Term viscous Definition gummy, having a gluey or gelatinous quality Term atrophy Definition wasting away of a body part, progressive decline Term bastion Definition a stronghold or fortified place Term consummate Definition complete or perfect in the highest degree Term frenetic Definition frenzied, highly agitated Term incumbent Definition one who holds a specific office at a specific time; required Term jocular Definition jesting, joking Term mordant Definition biting in thought or manner; harshly critical Term pecuniary Definition of or relating to money Term pusillanimous Definition contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited Term stratagem Definition a scheme to outwit an opponent to gain an end Term acuity Definition sharpness in thought or mind Term delineate Definition portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail