Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
60 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
allocate
|
assign, allot, apportion
|
|
ardent
|
intense, zealous, fervent, avid
|
|
assiduous
|
industrious, unremitting, sedulous
|
|
brash
|
rash, impetuous, brazen, impertinent
|
|
capricious
|
impulsive, fickle, unpredictable, mercurial
|
|
chastise
|
discipline, censure
|
|
copious
|
ample, profuse, bountiful
|
|
deviate
|
diverge, veer, swerve
|
|
emaciated
|
gaunt, withered, shriveled
|
|
exult
|
revel, glory
|
|
gnarled
|
knotty, misshapen, contorted
|
|
indemnity
|
compensation, restitution, reparation
|
|
inkling
|
clue, intimation, suggestion
|
|
limpid
|
lucid, intelligible
|
|
omnipotent
|
all-powerful
|
|
palatable
|
edible, appetizing, attractive (see Liz)
|
|
poignant
|
heart-rending, bittersweet, melancholy
|
|
rancor
|
animosity, enmity, bitterness
|
|
sophomoric
|
pretentious, superficial, fatuous (see John Hardy)
|
|
spontaneous
|
unpremeditated, unmeditated, impromptu
|
|
animosity
|
enmity, rancor, antipathy
|
|
apathy
|
indifference, disinterest, detachment
|
|
apprehensive
|
worried, nervous, fretful, jittery
|
|
commend
|
entrust
|
|
compatible
|
harmonious, in agreement, like-minded
|
|
condolence
|
commiseration, sympathy, solace
|
|
consecrate
|
devote, dedicate, sanctify
|
|
decrepit
|
infirm, broken down, rickety, dilapidated
|
|
deride
|
mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at
|
|
ingenuous
|
naive, artless, guileless, candid
|
|
multifarious
|
varied, manifold, heterogeneous
|
|
obsolete
|
outmodeled, antiquidated, passe, old hat (see iPod Nano)
|
|
omnivorous
|
all-devouring, voracious
|
|
parsimonious
|
frugal, miserly, niggardly, penny-pinching, cheap (see Avarus, Cambridge Latin Textbook Unit I)
|
|
quandary
|
confusion, dilemma, predicament
|
|
recalcitrant
|
unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery
|
|
reprisal
|
retaliation, revenge, retribution
|
|
revel
|
relish, savor, bask in, carouse
|
|
stultify
|
smother, stifle, neutralize, negate
|
|
suave
|
sophisticated, urbane, polished (see Antonio Banderas)
|
|
abhor
|
detest, despise, abominate (see Snowman)
|
|
amend
|
modify, improve, correct
|
|
buffet
|
batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about
|
|
chaos
|
anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium
|
|
commodious
|
comfortable, ample, capacious
|
|
corrosive
|
caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful
|
|
discern
|
perceive, detect, distinguish
|
|
extant
|
surviving, in existence
|
|
implicate
|
incriminate, entangle
|
|
inter
|
bury, commit to the earth, consign to oblivion
|
|
martinet
|
task master, slave driver
|
|
obviate
|
preclude, forestall, ward off
|
|
renegade
|
turncoat, defector, heretic
|
|
reprehensible
|
objectionable, blame-worthy, culpable, odious
|
|
somber
|
mournful, dismal (see death of Severus Snape)
|
|
squalid
|
dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject
|
|
turbulent
|
tumultuous, unruly, agitated
|
|
vociferous
|
clamorous, uproarious, blustering
|
|
voluminous
|
bulky, massive, copious, plentiful
|
|
waive
|
decline, relinquish, forgo
|