Barrons Flashcards I can't Remember

Aggrandize

to make something grander; often times people mentally do this and make things grander than they really are

Analogous

two things that can be compared to one another

Antipathy

a very negative feeling towards another person or thing

Apparition

something that suddenly appears

Arbitrary

can be replaced with the word random

Ascertain

to find something out or confirm it

Autocratic

someone in charge who has all the power

Beget

means you take steps to bring something into existence

Benevolent

to be kind

Calibrate

to adjust something so that it runs the way it should

Calisthenics

type of exercise that rely on weight

Censure

to give someone a formal reprimand

Complementary

something goes well with the thing around it

Complimentary

something that is provided free of charge

Cognition

ability to understand something

Colloquial

almost always describes language; everyday language

Conflate

to keep the two things separate and not assume that they are the same idea

Cognition

ability to understand something

conjecture

to hypothesize based on limited evidence

conjure

to bring something up

contingent

something that is relying on other factors to come to be

convoke

to call a meeting

convulsion

a physical movement, like a person having a seizure’s muscles

dawdle

to lag behind

demur

to politely say no to something or avoid it

desolation

total abandonment, emptiness or destruction

despoil

the act of taking away anything of value

desultory

something that lacks consistency or order

disenfranchise

to take away someone’s right to vote, or prevent them from using it

disseminate

to pass out or to ensure the spread of something

dissimilar

things that are not the same (not similar)