Vocabulary Flashcards

Flashcards for vocabulary words and their definitions.

Affable

Easy-going; friendly

Ambivalent

Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain

Amenable

Responsive; agreeable

Assiduous

Hard-working

Auspicious

Favorable, promising

Caustic

Bitingly sarcastic or witty

Copious

Plentiful; having a large quantity

Cynical

Distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; contemptuous

Equanimity

The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure

Expedient

Suitable for the purpose; proper or advantageous

Facetious

Playfully humorous

Facile

Done or achieved with little effort; easy (sometimes connotes shallowness)

Fastidious

Possessing careful attention to detail; hard to please

Frenetic

Wildly excited or active

Incorrigible

Unable to be reformed

Ingratiating

Establishing (oneself) in the good graces of others

Insolent

Insulting in manner or speech

Intrepid

Courageous; fearless

Laudatory

Giving praise

Malfeasance

Wrongdoing; misconduct

Nascent

Coming into existence; emerging

Pejorative

Describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively about someone

Penchant

A strong inclination or liking for something

Pernicious

Causing great harm

Polemical

Expressing an opinion attacking or defending an idea, belief, etc; controversial

Propitious

Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious

Prosaic

Unimaginative; dull

Spurious

Not genuine

Stoic

Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive

Timorous

Timid; fearful about the future