Leaders 500 201-300

Vocabulary flashcards covering terms 201 through 300 from the Leaders 500 study list.

proponent

Supporter, advocate

reprehensible

Deserving blame

extol

Praise highly

compatible

Able to coexist

radical

Extreme, fundamental change

erratic

Unpredictable

inherent

Built-in, intrinsic

resilient

Quick to recover

tractable

Easily managed

clandestine

Secret, hidden

commend

Praise, recommend

adversity

Hardship, difficulty

convoluted

Complicated, twisted

empathy

Understanding others' feelings

inundate

Flood, overwhelm

genial

Friendly, warm

insolvent

Unable to pay debts

impede

Hinder, obstruct

equivocal

Ambiguous, unclear

decisive

Firm, resolute

transcend

Go beyond, surpass

prohibitive

Preventing by cost/difficulty

dilatory

Causing delay

divisive

Causing disagreement

tolerant

Accepting of differences

cerebral

Intellectual, brainy

cantankerous

Bad-tempered, irritable

consensus

General agreement

notion

An idea, belief

compound

Combine, make worse

circumscribe

Restrict, limit

tentative

Uncertain, provisional

enigmatic

Mysterious

colleague

A coworker

regenerate

Renew, grow back

hackneyed

Overused, stale

preclude

Prevent from happening

attribute

A quality; assign a cause

naïve

Innocently trusting

abundant

Plentiful

chronological

In time order

exorbitant

Excessively high cost

didactic

Meant to teach

idiosyncratic

Peculiar to an individual

banal

Boringly ordinary

static

Not changing

extraneous

Unnecessary, irrelevant

notorious

Famous for something bad

salutary

Beneficial

ardent

Passionate, enthusiastic

impenetrable

Cannot be entered/understood

amicable

Friendly, peaceful

trite

Overused, unoriginal

toxic

Poisonous, harmful

disparity

A difference, inequality

incisive

Sharp, precise

allude

Refer indirectly

verbose

Wordy

account

A report, explanation

anecdote

A short personal story

affection

Fondness, warm feeling

resignation

Reluctant acceptance

composure

Calmness under pressure

florid

Elaborate, flowery

amenable

Willing to agree

condone

Overlook, permit wrongdoing

tedious

Boring, tiresome

officious

Overly eager to interfere

exploit

Use selfishly; bold feat

assiduous

Hard-working, diligent

neutral

Not taking sides

scrupulous

Strict, ethically careful

laconic

Using few words

authoritarian

Demanding strict obedience

refinement

Elegance, sophistication

incorporate

Include, combine

predator

Hunts other animals

incredulous

Disbelieving

hypothesis

A proposed explanation

duplicity

Two-faced deception

languid

Slow, lacking energy

orthodox

Conventional, traditional

ominous

Threatening, foreboding

tacit

Implied, unspoken

astute

Sharp, shrewd

aspect

A feature or part

peremptory

Final, dictatorial

vignette

A brief scene/sketch

intrusive

Unwelcomely invasive

prevalent

Widespread, common

indisputable

Beyond question

merit

Worth, deserving praise

lament

Express grief

exonerate

Free from blame

terse

Brief, curt

sensibility

Emotional sensitivity

evanescent

Fleeting, vanishing quickly

renowned

Famous

indigenous

Native to an area

repressed

Held back, suppressed