Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Difficult Words pt. 7
Random Difficult Words
30
English
Graduate
11/20/2010

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Auspice
Definition
protection or support, patronage
Term
Recondite
Definition
hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure
Term
Stymie
Definition
to block or thwart
Term
Travesty
Definition
mockery, caricature, parody
Term
Soporific
Definition
causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep
Term
Philippic
Definition
any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation
Term
Discomfit
Definition
to defeat, put down
Term
Subpoena
Definition
a court order that requiring appearance and/or testimony
Term
Expiate
Definition
to atone or make amends for
Term
Overweening
Definition
presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate
Term
Refute
Definition
to disprove, successfully argue against
Term
Sere
Definition
withered, arid
Term
Tautology
Definition
a repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument
Term
Spurious
Definition
lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
Term
Pernicious
Definition
extremely harmful, potentially causing death
Term
Dilettante
Definition
one with amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
Term
Umbrage
Definition
offense, resentment
Term
Empirical
Definition
based on observation or experiment
Term
Militate
Definition
to have weight or bearing on, to argue (against)
Term
Ramify
Definition
to be divided or subdivided, branch out
Term
Propriety
Definition
appropriateness; conformity with standards of acceptable behavior
Term
Panache
Definition
a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair
Term
Obseqious
Definition
exhbiting fawny attentiveness; subservient
Term
Remonstrate
Definition
to protest, object
Term
Reconnoiter
Definition
to engage in reconnaissance, make a preliminary inspection of
Term
Specious
Definition
seeming true but actually false, misleadingly attractive
Term
Antipathy
Definition
aversion, dislike
Term
Stupefy
Definition
to stun, baffle, or amaze
Term
Putrefy
Definition
to rot, decay and give off a foul odor, become gangrenous
Term
Neologism
Definition
a new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
Supporting users have an ad free experience!