Comprehensive Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary practice flashcards generated directly from all 5 lecture note sources.

Jubilation

Happiness.

Compromise

Agreement reached by mutual concessions.

Benign

Harmless.

Belie

Give a false impression.

Supplant

Replace.

Negate

Prevent, nullify.

Salubrious

Pleasant to live in.

Nuisance

Annoying.

Composure

Calm, control of feelings.

Inertia

Lack of desire.

Adversity

Difficult, unpleasant situation.

Abdicate

Give up a high position.

Incisive

Clear, sharp, direct.

Perplex

To confuse.

Pellucid

Clear.

Deference

Respect.

Ossify

Inflexible.

Encompass

Include.

Retribution

Punishment.

Solidarity

Support by one person or group of people.

Quarrelsome

Argumentative.

Gregarious

Sociable.

Precarious

Dangerous.

Concede

Admit something is true after denying.

Subversive

A person who tries to damage a political system.

Elude

Avoid, escape.

Abjure

Renounce promising that you will give up/reject a belief.

Contempt

Disdain; feeling somebody or something deserves no respect.

Rancour

Hate.

Resentment

Unhappiness about something you think is unfair.

Prodigious

Enormous.

Desultory

Lack of plan.

Spurious

False.

Prudent

Careful when making judgements.

Attrition

Weakening by abuse, attack.

Duteous

Obedient.

Disconcert

Disturb.

Impunity

Not being punished.

Contentious

Causing people to disagree.

Confiscation

Restriction, taking something away for punishment.

Clandestine

Kept secret.

Succinctly

Using few words (concisely).

Emblematic

Symbolic (representative).

Imperative

Vital, needing immediate action.

Perturbation

Anxiety.

Beguile

Trick somebody.

Quintessential

Perfect example.

Thwart

Prevent somebody.

Divulge

Reveal a secret.

Verocious

Truthful.

Conflate

Wrongfully putting together two distinct things.

Albeit

Although.

Contrived

Unnatural, unrealistic.

Inconsequential

Insignificant.

Buttress

Strengthen.

Idiosyncratic

Unique.

Plout

Having no respect by not obeying.

Abolish

Put an end to.

Adamant

Stubborn.

Actuate

Motivate.

Acquiesce

Agree passively.

Capricious

Unpredictable.

Arcane

Secret.

Atone

Make amends; compensate.

Auspicious

Indicative of good things.

Bashful

Shy.

Bereft

Without.

Brazen

Bold.

Calamity

Event with disastrous results.

Calumny

Attempt to spoil somebody else's reputation by spreading lies.

Condor

Honesty.

Commendation

Approval, recognition.

Culpable

Deserving blame.

Cupidity

Strong desire.

Decorous

Socially proper.

Effrontery

Impudence; insolence; rude, showing no respect.

Repeal

Law has no legal force.

Secretive

Hiding feelings.

Improvisation

Doğaçlama (spontaneous creation).

Eclipse

Loss of importance because somebody else has become more powerful.

Uphold

Support something you think is right.

Animosity

Hostility.

Paucity

Small amount of something, less than enough.

Antithetical

Opposite.

Acclaimed

Earned widespread praise.

Resurgence

Growth of an activity that had stopped.

Mercurial

Unpredictable.

Elusive

Difficult to find, define.

Equivocal

Ambiguous.

Draconian

Cruel.

Imminent

Likely to happen very soon.

Prescient

Foresaw.

Galvanize

To make somebody take action by shocking or exciting them.

Despondent

Having no hope, faith.

Irrevocable

Cannot be changed, final.

Indulgent

Tending to allow somebody to do whatever they want.

Ineluctable

Unavoidable.

Nefarious

Extremely bad.

Misconstrued

Misinterpret.

Contrives

Manage to do something despite difficulties.