English Midterm Flashards

Arrogate

To claim or take without right

Syn: Expropriate, Commandeer

Ant: Renounce, Abdicate, Abandon

Carping

Tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism

Syn: Nit-picking, Caviling

Ant: Approving, Uncritical

Eschew

To avoid, shun, keep away from

Syn: Abstain from, Steer clear of, Forgo

Ant: Embrace, Adopt

Germane

Relevant, Appropiate, Apropose, Fitting

Syn: Pertinent

Ant: Irrelevant, Extraneous, Inappropiate

Invidious

Offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Syn: Malicious, Spiteful, Prejudicial, Pejorative

Ant: Flattering, Ameliorate

Tenable

Capable of being held or defended

Syn: Defensible, Justifiable, Maintainable

Ant: Indefensible, Unjustifiable

Accost

To apprach and speak first; to confront in a challenging or agressive way

Syn: Buttonhole, Approach

Ant: Avoid, Shun

Myopic

Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

Syn: Shortsighted

Ant: Farsighted

Overt

Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

Syn: Clear, Obvious, Manifest, Patent

Ant: Clandestine, Covert, Concealed

Dissemble

To disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression

Syn: Dissimulate, Mask, Feign

Evince

To display clearly, to make evidence, to provoke

Syn: Exhibit, Manifest, Occastion

Nefarious

Wicked, depraved, devoid or moral standards

Syn: Iniquitous, Reprehensible

Ant: Virtuous, honorable, Praiseworthy, Meritorious

Primordial

Developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most anicent times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

Syn: Original, Primal

Verbiage

Language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner or expression

Syn: Prolixity, Diction, Jargon

Concord

A state of agreement, harmony, unaminity; a treaty, pact, covenant

Ant: Dissagreement, Strife, Discord

Exigency