Vocabulary Flashcards

Introspective

Looking within oneself

Reify

To consider or represent something abstract as a concrete or material thing

Auspicious

Fortunate; indicative of a successful outcome

Discursive

Off topic, irrelevant

Abdicate

Renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)

Reminiscence

Recollection

Clamor

Loud noises, noisy disturbance

Abate

Lessen, weaken

Iridescent

Exhibiting rainbowlike colors

Apropos

With reference to; regarding

Validate

To confirm, substantiate

Plethora

Excess; overabundance

Disingenuity

Insincerity; dishonesty

Subordinate

Occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive

Expound

To explain, usually a theory or idea in detail

Requite

Make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge

Induct

Place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate

Domesticate

To tame, to adapt for human purposes

Barren

Empty, infertile

Multifarious

Having many aspects

Supercilious

Arrogant, haughty

Dissemble

To lie

Qualify

Reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated

Strident

Loud, noisy

Extort

To blackmail