General Vocabulary Study Set

A comprehensive flashcard set covering vocabulary terms, their meanings, synonyms, and antonyms based on the provided lecture notes.

Accommodate

To provide space or help

Accustomed

Familiar with; used to

Acquisition

Something gained or obtained

Adolescent

A teenager

Amateur

A beginner; not professional

Annoyance

Something that irritates

Antidote

A remedy against poison or a problem

Belligerent

Hostile and aggressive

Biannual

Happening twice a year

Brilliance

Great intelligence or brightness

Cameos

Small roles or brief appearances

Catastrophe

A terrible disaster

Characteristic

A typical quality or feature

Circumference

Distance around a circle

Colleague

A person you work with

Confiscation

Taking something away officially

Considerable

Large in amount

Continuous

Without stopping

Counsel

Advice

Critique

A detailed review or evaluation

Deficiency

Lack of something

Deterrent

Something that discourages action

Dilemma

A difficult choice

Discrepancy

A difference or inconsistency

Endeavor

A serious attempt

Equilibrium

A state of balance

Excessive

Too much

Extricate

To free from difficulty

Fiasco

A complete failure

Flamboyant

Very colorful and showy

Frostbitten

Injured by severe cold

Grotesque

Strange and ugly

Hazardous

Dangerous

Horrific

Extremely shocking or terrible

Inconvenience

Trouble or difficulty

Inevitable

Certain to happen

Longevity

Long life

Luncheon

Lunch

Malicious

Intending to harm

Mercenary

Motivated by money

Meticulous

Very careful and precise

Miscellaneous

Various different kinds

Necessity

Something essential

Newsstand

A place that sells newspapers

Obesity

Being extremely overweight

Obstinate

Stubborn

Optimism

Hopefulness

Pageant

A public show or parade

Parliament

A country's law-making body

Permeate

To spread through

Personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things

Plaintiff

A person who brings a legal case

Potential

Ability that may develop

Predecessor

One who came before

Scholar

A learned person or student

Shrine

A holy place

Snobbery

Looking down on others

Studious

Hardworking in studies

Surmise

To guess without full evidence

Taboo

Forbidden by society

Tyranny

Cruel and unfair rule

Schedule

A plan of activities or timetable