Self-Building/Self-Practicing Cards from Vocab list

Acrimonious

angry and irritable

Bellicose

warlike in nature

Anomaly

Something that deviates from the norm, standard, or expectations.

Artifice

A clever trick

Avaricious

Greedy; having marked by an excessive desire for wealth or gain

Avuncular

Kind and friendly toward those younger/lesser experienced person. Like a benevolent. Kind and warm convey

Beguile

Subtle, deceiving, to trick.

Baneful

causing woe; destructive, harmful, deadly

Bibliophile

one who loves books

Bombastic

pompous; using inflated language

Candid

open, honest, directly, straight-foreword

Conniving

Acting together secretly toward an evil or unlawful end; scheming or deceitful.

Capitulate

To surrender; often after negotiating terms.

Craven

cowardly; a coward

Curmudgeon

a bad-tempered person; cranky individual

Ebullient

Cheerful and full of energy

Cogent

clear, logical, and convincing

Abstruse

Extremely difficult to understanding, highlight the complexity of something

Esoteric

Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people. Highlight the exclusivity.

Debacle

a sudden and violent failure, often resulting in chaos or disaster. Not a simple mistake, but a complete collapse or breakdown of a situation. It often involves significant loss or mismanagement.

Furtive

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble. It implies secrecy and stealth.

fastidious

very attentive to detail and accuracy, often excessively so. It suggests a meticulousness that may border on perfectionism.

Demur

to raise doubts or objections, often in a hesitant or reluctant manner. It involves the act of questioning or disagreeing with something proposed or accepted.

Cacophony

a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds. It evokes noise that is jarring and unpleasant, often used to describe a chaotic or grating auditory experience.

Flippant

showing a lack of seriousness; treating something with disrespect or levity. It often implies a casual or glib attitude towards important matters.

Egregious

outstandingly bad; shocking. It refers to something that is remarkably bad in a way that is noticeable and often offensive.

Feckless

lacking initiative or strength; ineffective. It describes a person or action that is irresponsible or ineffective in fulfilling duties.

Excoriate

to criticize severely; denounce harshly. It denotes a strong condemnation or rebuke, often related to public criticism.

Bucolic

relating to the pleasant aspects of countryside and rural life; pastoral.

Burgeon

to begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish. It often refers to the rapid growth of plants or ideas.

Duplicity

The act of being deceitful or two-faced; having double standards in conduct or speech. Emphasizes double-dealing or two-faced behavior, typically involving the concealment of true motives.

Disdainful

showing contempt, a lack of respect, and looking down on others.

Defunct

no longer existing, living, or no longer functioning. Typically associated with organizations or companies that are obsolete.

Disingenuous

Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending to know less about something than one actually does. It suggests a false appearance of innocence or honesty.

Alacrity

cheerful and prompt readiness to respond to an invitation, request, or task.

Anachronism

Something or someone out of place in time. Misplacement, chronological error, throwback.

Apotheosis

The highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax. Pinnacle, zenith, culmination

Aspersion

An attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something. Slander, defamation, calumny

Bifurcate

To divide into two branches or forks. Specifically into two parts.

Conflagration

A large destructive fire, or metaphorically used to describe a large destructive situation/conflict that causes widespread impact.

Cursory

Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.

Disparate

Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

Dilatory

Slow to act; intended to cause delay. Tardy, sluggish, procrastinating.

Dogmatic

Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true. Stubbornly opinionated.

Disconsolate

Deeply unhappy; Without consolation or comfort