Section 1
Preview this deck
admonition
Front
| 5 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 |
Active users
0
All-time users
0
Favorites
0
Last updated
6 years ago
Date created
Mar 1, 2020
Cards (76)
Section 1
(50 cards)
admonition
something added on or attached
aloof
standoffish; remote in attitude
arable
fit for growing crops
abstruse
obscure, profound, difficult to understand
austere
forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
Bemoan
lament, strongly regret, to moan and groan
baroque
highly ornate
cogent
convincing
blasé
bored with pleasure or dissipation
autocratic
having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
abet
to aid
allegory
story where the people are symbols
braggart
boaster
ameliorate
improve
allocate
assign
arbiter
a person with power to decide a dispute
balk
foil or thwart; stop short; refuse to go on
bourgeois
middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
analogous
comparable
antipathy
aversion; dislike
Belabor
to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
brusque
abrupt; curt to the point of rudeness
abject
wretched; lacking pride
callow
youthful; immature
allay
to calm
bohemian
unconventional
abscond
to depart secretly and hide (I love this word!)
ambulatory
able to walk
anachronistic
having an error involving time in a story
burgeon
grow forth
annex
attach; take possesion of
Baroque
extravagantly ornate; flamboyant in style
censorious
critical
averse
reluctant; disinclined
boorish
rude; insensitive
delineate
Describe in detail
amenable
readily managed
brazen
insolent
apropos
with reference to; regarding
avarice
greediness for wealth
cajole
coax, wheedle
cavil
make frivolous objections
banal
hackneyed; commonplace
apocryphal
untrue; made up
aberrant
abnormal or deviant
acme
top, pinnacle
alacrity
cheerful promptness
flippant
frivolously disrespectful; lacking proper seriousness
cacophonous
discordant; inharmonious
avocation
secondary or minor occupation
Section 2
(26 cards)