2022-10-25T04:18:40+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Abeyance, Abject, Abjure, Abridge, Abstemious, Abstruse, Accretion, Acolyte, Acrid, Adulation, Adulterate, Adumbrate, Affable, Agog, Alacrity, Ambivalent, Ambulatory, Amorphous, Anathema, Anodyne, Antagonist, Antediluvian, Antipathy, Apace, Aplomb, Apocryphal, Apostate, Apotheosis, Approbation, Apropos, Arboreal, Arcana, Arcane, Ardor, Arrogate, Ascetic, Assiduous, Augury, Auspices, Auspicious, Avocation, Bane, Belie, Bemuse, Bestial, Blithe, Brackish, Brevity, Bromide, Bucolic, Callous, Callow, Calumny, Canard, Canonical, Cantankerous, Capacious, Capricious, Captious, Caustic, Chagrin, Chicanery, Choleric, Circuitous, Circumlocution, Circumspect, Cloture, Coda, Cogent, Commiserate, Compendium, Complaisant, Compunction, Conciliate, Concupiscence, Consternation, Contrite, Contumacious, Convivial, Corporeal, Cosset, Coterie, Countenance, Craven, Credulous, Crepuscular, Daguerreotype, Dauntless, Dearth, Dearth, Deign, Demur, Demure, Denizen, Desiccate, Desultory, Diaphanous, Dictum, Didactic, Diffidence flashcards

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  • Abeyance
    a state of temporary disuse or suspension
  • Abject
    (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree
  • Abjure
    solemnly renounce
  • Abridge
    shorten, condense without losing meaning
  • Abstemious
    not self-indulgent, especially when eating or drinking
  • Abstruse
    difficult to understand, obscure
  • Accretion
    the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of addition layers of matter
  • Acolyte
    a person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession
  • Acrid
    sharp, pungent (smells and tastes)
  • Adulation
    obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise
  • Adulterate
    to make impure or weaker by adding something of inferior quality
  • Adumbrate
    report as an outline, describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  • Affable
    friendly, good-natured
  • Agog
    very eager or curious to hear of see something
  • Alacrity
    eagerness, speed
  • Ambivalent
    having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
  • Ambulatory
    relating to or adopted for walking
  • Amorphous
    without a clearly defined shape or form
  • Anathema
    something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
  • Anodyne
    not likely to provoke dissent or offence
  • Antagonist
    the adversary
  • Antediluvian
    of or belonging to the time before the biblical flood
  • Antipathy
    a strong feeling of dislike
  • Apace
    quickly, swiftly
  • Aplomb
    confidence, coolness
  • Apocryphal
    of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true
  • Apostate
    a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle
  • Apotheosis
    model of excellence or perfection of a kind – the highest point of development of something; culmination or climax
  • Approbation
    approval or praise
  • Apropos
    in regard to
  • Arboreal
    relating to trees
  • Arcana
    secrets or mysteries
  • Arcane
    understood by few, mysterious or secret
  • Ardor
    great enthusiasm or passion
  • Arrogate
    take or claim without justification
  • Ascetic
    severe self-discipline and abstention
  • Assiduous
    showing great care and perseverance
  • Augury
    a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen
  • Auspices
    with the support and approval of, patronage
  • Auspicious
    favorable
  • Avocation
    a hobby or minor occupation
  • Bane
    something causing misery or death
  • Belie
    fail to give a true notion or impression of
  • Bemuse
    confuse
  • Bestial
    of or like an animal or animals, savagely cruel and depraved
  • Blithe
    showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous and improper
  • Brackish
    (of water) slightly salty, as is the mixture of river water and seawater in estuaries
  • Brevity
    concise and exact use of words
  • Bromide
    platitude
  • Bucolic
    relating to the pleasant aspects of country life and the countryside
  • Callous
    unfeeling or insensitive
  • Callow
    without experience, lacking sophistication
  • Calumny
    slander, false accusation
  • Canard
    unfounded rumor or story
  • Canonical
    according to or ordered by Church Law; belonging to a literary or artistic canon; something following a principal or rule
  • Cantankerous
    bad tempered, quarrelsome
  • Capacious
    very large, spacious
  • Capricious
    given to sudden and unaccountable changes in mood or behavior
  • Captious
    quick to find fault about trifle
  • Caustic
    biting wit, sarcastic and severe
  • Chagrin
    embarrassment, loss of courage
  • Chicanery
    trickery, deception
  • Choleric
    easily moved to unreasonable or excessive anger
  • Circuitous
    longer than the most direct way
  • Circumlocution
    indirect expression of something, a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
  • Circumspect
    wary and unwilling to take risks
  • Cloture
    a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote
  • Coda
    a concluding event, remark or section
  • Cogent
    clear, logical, convincing
  • Commiserate
    express or show sympathy or pity; sympathize
  • Compendium
    a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject
  • Complaisant
    willing to please others; obliging; agreeable
  • Compunction
    a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad
  • Conciliate
    placate, pacify
  • Concupiscence
    strong sexual desire, lust
  • Consternation
    worry or concern
  • Contrite
    feeling or expressing remorse
  • Contumacious
    willfully disobedient
  • Convivial
    friendly, lively and enjoyable
  • Corporeal
    of, relating to or characteristic of the body
  • Cosset
    care for and protect in an overindulgent way
  • Coterie
    a small group of people with shared interests or tastes
  • Countenance
    appearance especially facial expressions
  • Craven
    cowardly
  • Credulous
    gullible; naïve
  • Crepuscular
    of, resembling, or relating to twilight; an animal appearing or active in twilight
  • Daguerreotype
    a photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor
  • Dauntless
    showing fearlessness and determination
  • Dearth
    an insufficient quantity of something
  • Dearth
    lack, scarcity
  • Deign
    do something one considers to be beneath one’s dignity
  • Demur
    raise doubts or objections or show reluctance
  • Demure
    reserved, modest and shy
  • Denizen
    an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place
  • Desiccate
    remove moisture from something
  • Desultory
    lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; (of conversation or speech) going constantly from one subject to another in a halfhearted way; unfocused
  • Diaphanous
    very sheer and light, almost completely transparent or translucent
  • Dictum
    a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle
  • Didactic
    instructive
  • Diffidence
    modesty out of shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence