Vocabulary Builder - Series 47

Vocabulary flashcards for review.

Replete

Full, especially with food.

Bellicose

Wishing to fight or start a war.

Flippant

Showing or having a rude attitude of not being serious by trying to be amusing when most people expect you to be serious.

Acerbic

Critical in a direct and rather cruel way.

Garrulous

Having the habit of talking a lot, especially about things that are not important.

Ignominious

Embarrassing because of being a complete failure.

Nihilism

The belief that life has no meaning or purpose and that religious and moral principles have no value.

Relegate

To put someone or something into a lower or less important rank or position.

Delineate

To describe or mark the edge of something.

Sophistry

The clever use of arguments that seem true but are really false, in order to deceive people.

Antediluvian

Extremely old fashioned.

Vignette

A short piece of writing, music, acting, … that clearly expresses the typical characteristics of something or someone.

Irreproachable

Without fault and therefore impossible to criticize.

Rectitude

Honestly and correct moral behaviour.

Nebulous

Not clear and having no form.

Hedonism

Living and behaving in ways that mean you get as much pleasure out of life as possible, according to the belief that the most important thing in life is to enjoy yourself.

Erudition

The state of having or containing a lot of knowledge that is known by few people.

Recant

To announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them.

Frugal

Careful when using money or food, or cheap or small in amount.

Blithe

Happy and without worry.