fINALS FLASHCARD

1. Cursory: (adj) (A) Hasty (B) Not thorough

1. Incursion: (noun) An attack on or an invasion of enemy territory; a raid

2. Precursor: (noun) Someone or something that precedes something else; a forerunner

1. Succor: (noun) Help in time of distress (verb) to give aid and comfort in time of distress

2. Chastise: (verb) To punish for misbehaving or wrongdoing

1. Disparage: (verb) To speak of as unimportant or inferior; belittle

1. Innuendo: (noun) A roundabout, often spiteful reference to someone or something not named; an insinuation

1. Vilify: (verb) To utter slanderous and abusive statements against; defame; speak evil of

1. Amends: (noun) compensation giving as satisfaction for insult, loss, or injury

1. Extricate: (verb) to free or release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage

1. Mitigate: (verb) to make less severe or intense; moderate

1. Rectify: (verb) to set right; remedy

1. Egress: (noun) A path or means of going out; an exit

1. Gradient: (noun) The degree to which something inclines; slope

1. Secession: (noun) The act of withdrawing formally from membership in an organization, association, or union

1. Unprecedented: (adj) Not having occurred before; without precedent; novel

1. Analogous: (adj) Similar in certain qualities, circumstances, or uses

2. Antithesis: (noun) Direct contrast; opposition

1. Deviate: (verb) To differ or move away from a specified course or prescribed mode of behavior; diverge

1. Nuance: (noun) A subtle or slight degree of difference, meaning, color, or tone; gradation

1. Autonomy: (noun) Independence; the quality or condition of being self-governing

1. Hierarchy: (noun) An order of persons or entities classified according to authority, rank, or importance

1. Regime: (noun) A system or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above

1. Totalitarian: (adj) Referring to a government that exercises control over all aspects of life

2. Usurp: (verb) To seize and retain the rights, power, property, or position of another without legal authority 

1. Apathy: (noun) Lack of feeling or emotion; impassiveness

1. Empathy: (noun) Understanding, concerned identification with another’s situations or feelings

1. Sensational: (adj) (A) arousing great interest or excitement (B) designed to shock or thrill spectators or readers

2. Sensibility: (noun) The ability to feel, sense and perceive; mental or emotional responsiveness toward something

3. Sentiment: (noun) A thought, view, or attitude based more on feeling than reason

1. Culpable: (adj) Responsible for wrong or error; blameworthy; deserving censure

1. Extort: (verb) To obtain by threats or other coercive means

2. Illicit: (adj) Not permitted by custom or law; illegal

1. Ruffian: (noun) A tough or rowdy person (adj) tough or rowdy

1. Vile: (adj) (A) unpleasant; disgusting (B) Morally low or base

1. Banter: (noun) Good-humored, playful conversation

1. Facetious: (adj) (A) Playfully humorous (B) Jesting, often in an inappropriate or offensive way

1. Flippant: (adj) Marked by disrespectful frivolity or indifference; rudely witty

Ludicrous: (adj) Laughable because of an obvious absurdity or ridiculousness

1. Whimsical: (adj) Playful or fanciful; imaginatively humorous

1. Emigrate: (verb) To leave one country or region in order to settle another

1. Figuratively: (adverb) In a manner marked by metaphorical language or figures of speech

1. Literally: (adverb) (A) According to actual meaning of the word or phrase (B) According to facts; without exaggeration or metaphor

2. Persecute: (verb) To ill-treat persistently and grievously

3. Prosecute: (verb) To bring a legal action against in order to convict of a violation of a law

1. Depreciate: (verb) To decrease in value

1. Frugal: (adj) Avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of money; thrifty

1. Indigent: (adj) Lacking money or resources to provide adequately the necessities of life; needy; impoverished

2. Munificent: (adj) Very generous in giving

1. Recession: (noun) A moderate and brief decline in economic activity

1. Blasé: (adj) Uninterested, unexcited, or bored as a result of overindulgence or enjoyment

2. Cliché: (noun) A trite or overused expression or idea, such as “time flies”

1. Forte: (noun) Something in which a person excels; strong point

2. Gauche: (adj) Lacking social experience or grace; awkward; rude; tactless

3. Naive: (adj) Showing a lack of experience or judgement

1. Dilatory: (adj) (A) Characterized by procrastination (B) Tending or intended to cause delay

2. Languid: (adj) (A) Lazily slow or relaxed (B) Lacking spirit or energy

1. Sloth: (noun) Laziness; indolence 

2. Somnambulate: (verb) To walk while asleep

3. Stupor: (noun) A condition of reduced sensibility or consciousness; daze