vocabulary list 2 Flashcards

Abstrusive
(ADJ)(-)


obscure ; profound; difficult to understand

Belligerent
(ADJ)
(-)

given to fighting: warlike

Candor
(N)
(Neutral)


outspokeness; frankness

Decorum
(N)
(+)

proper behavior, good taste; orderliness

Effrontery
(N)
(-)


shameless boldness, impudence

Facet
(N)
(neutral)


a phase or aspect, as of a topic; one of the small
plane surfaces of a diamond

Gaudy
(ADJ)
(-)

ostentatiously fine; showy; now esp. tastelessy fina

Harass
(V)(-)


to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

Imminent
(ADJ)
(-)

about to happen, threatening

Jurisdiction
(N)
Neutral

the legal right to hear and determine a cause; area
of authority

kindle
(V)
(+)

start a fire; inspire

laconic
(ADJ)
(Neutral)


concise; using few words

malevolent
(ADJ)
(-)


spiteful, showing ill will

Nebulous
(ADJ)
(-)

vague, confused, indistinct

paltry
(ADJ)
(-)


trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable

Ratify
(V)
(+)

approve formally; verify

Sagacious
(ADJ)
(+)


keen; shrewd;having insight

Tacit
(ADJ)
(Neutral)

unspoken, silent; implied,inferred

Ultimate
(ADJ)
(+)

most remote in space or time; extreme; last in consequence

Vaciliate
(V)
(-)

to swing indecisively from one idea or course of
action to another