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Details Title: Vocab Description: Vocab words Total Flash Cards: 125 Created: 05/10/2005 14:48:23	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 edifice Definition noun, building especially large one Term cogitate Definition verb, to think seriously, ponder Term sagacious Definition adj, wise foreseeing Term scaffold Definition noun, temporary metal or wooden framework Term pillory Definition noun, devise with three holes for public humiliation.... you know Term ignominious Definition adj, shameful disgraceful Term demeanor Definition noun, behavior Term ensue Definition verb, follow, result Term physiognomy Definition noun, facial features and expressions Term reprisal Definition noun, injury done for injury recieved, revenge Term mien Definition noun, ones manner, the way one presents them self Term pessimism Definition moun, tendency to expect the worst Term reprove Definition verb, find fault with Term jocular Definition adj, joking full of fun lighthearted Term fop Definition noun, vain, fussy with appearence/clothes Term profligate Definition adj, extremely wasteful and extravegant Term fracas Definition noun, brawl fight Term contentious Definition adj, quarelsome Term daunt Definition verb, to inspire fear, discourage Term approbation Definition noun, approval Term ostentatious Definition adj, showy Term corroborate Definition verb, to confirm, to substanciate Term miserly Definition adj, stingy, penny-pinching Term fervent Definition adj, impassioned, intense Term autocratic Definition adj, bossy Term embellish Definition verb, to add details, exagerate Term precarious Definition adj, dangerous, unstable, uncertain Term pious Definition adj, deeply religious Term candid Definition adj, honest open Term confluence Definition verb, gather in one place Term provincial Definition adj, rural, unsophisticated, limited point of view Term refute Definition verb, prove faulty, to deny Term servile Definition adj, overly submissive, docile Term discord Definition noun, disagrement Term ascendant Definition adj, superior, dominant Term obscure Definition adj, hard to understand, unclear Term innovate Definition verb, invent, create Term garb Definition noun, clothing Term PRAGMATIC :) Definition adj, practical Term allocate Definition verb, allowed, designated Term enigma Definition noun, riddle, perplexing person or thing Term virulent Definition adj, extremely poisonous Term articulate Definition verb, enunciate, to form a joint or connection Term insipid Definition adj, dull, bland, monotonous Term pejorative Definition adj, negative, detrimental Term hedonistic Definition adj, pleasure-seeking, indulgent Term assuage Definition verb, to soothe, to passify Term avaricious Definition adj, greedy Term amity Definition noun, friendship Term chicanery Definition noun, trickery, decietful behavior Term anathema Definition noun, curse Term condone Definition verb, forgive, except Term indolence Definition noun, laziness Term insolence Definition noun, rudeness, disrespect Term avunacular Definition adj, kindly Term levity Definition adj, without seriousness Term disparage Definition verb, belittle Term astute Definition adj, perceptive Term analogous Definition adj, similar Term altruistic Definition adj, charitable, selfless Term saccharine Definition adj, sweet, sentimental Term preclude Definition verb, prevent, exclude Term volatile Definition adj, explosive Term peripheral Definition adj, on the edge of something, unimportant Term genial Definition adj, friendly, helpful, sympathetic Term caustic Definition adj, uncomplimentary, burning Term emulate Definition verb, immitate an admirable quality Term aesthetic Definition adj, relating to beauty Term ascetic Definition noun, person who denies themself all pleasure Term affable Definition adj, easy to talk to Term capricious Definition adj, whimsical, unpredictable Term rescind Definition verb, take back Term innocuous Definition adj, harmless Term ambivalent Definition adj, indecisive, unable to make up ones mind Term acerbic Definition adj, sharp bitter sour Term ennui Definition noun, boredom Term castigate Definition verb, to scold, to punish Term abashed Definition adj, embarrased Term lagniappe Definition noun, extra or unexpected gift Term lethal Definition adj, deadly Term terse Definition adj, brief Term prevaricate Definition verb, to lie, sway from the truth Term conoisseur Definition noun, fan, expert Term clandestine Definition adj, secretive Term derogatory Definition adj, belittling, dissaproving Term sycophant Definition noun, brown-noser, suckup Term ameliorate Definition verb, improve, to make or become better Term furtive Definition adj, stealthy, shifty, secret Term philanthropy Definition noun, love of humankind, something intended to promote human welfare Term revere Definition verb, to regard with awe, worship Term verbose Definition adj, wordy Term raze Definition verb, demolish Term piece de resistance Definition noun, something unresistable, the best Term sinuous Definition adj, curvy, winding Term vitriolic Definition adj, vicious, negative, corrosive Term implacable Definition adj, unforgiving Term predilection Definition noun, preference Term culpability Definition noun, blameworthy Term acrimony Definition noun, harshness, unpleasentness, sharp and bitter manner Term prodigy Definition noun, gifted child Term inadvertent Definition adj, accidental Term mitigate Definition verb, to make less severe Term lethargic Definition adj, lazy, unenthusiastic Term stoic Definition adj, showing no emotion Term plethora Definition noun, adundance Term cryptic Definition adj, mystifying, using code Term laud Definition verb, to give praise, to glorify Term respite Definition noun, short interval of rest Term immutable Definition adj, susceptable to change Term nominal Definition adj, insignifigant, small, relating to names Term stringent Definition adj, severe imposing rigorous standards Term desecrate Definition verb, to violate the sacredness of, profane Term fortuitous Definition adj, accidental, lucky, fortunate Term supercilious Definition adj, arrogant, proud, stuck-up Term miniscule Definition adj, tiny Term virtuoso Definition noun, accomplished musician Term apathy Definition noun, lack of concern interest or emotion Term didactive Definition adj, instructive Term premptory Definition adj, imparative, demanding Term dearth Definition noun, scarcity, miniscule amount Term extraneous Definition adj, extra Term deride Definition verb, to ridicule Term remorse Definition noun, feeling of deep regret Term efface Definition verb, to erase, rub away Term attrition Definition noun, gradual natural diminishing of personel through death etc., repentence of sin due to fear