shepard cumulative vocab 1-7 (complete) Flashcards

36883133	malign	(v) slander, criticize, smear, libel; (adj) harmful, hurtful, damaging, destructive	0
36883134	prodigious	(adj) remarkable, exceptional, impressive, phenomenal; huge, vast, copious, giant, enormous, profuse	1
36883135	daunt	(v) intimidate, deter, discourage, overwhelm	2
36883136	clemency	(n) mercy, leniency, forgiveness, pity, compassion	3
36883137	encomium	(n) praise, tribute, accolade, compliment	4
36883138	expedient	(n) device, means, maneuver: (adj) convenient, practical, beneficial; fitting, appropriate, advisable	5
36883139	alacrity	: (n) eagerness, enthusiasm, quickness, speed, promptness	6
36883140	disapprobation	: (n) disapproval, censure, criticism, rejection, condemnation	7
36883141	inured	(adj) accustomed, hardened, habituated	8
36883142	concupiscence	a strong physical desire, lust	9
36883143	intrepid	(adj) fearless, bold, brave, courageous, valiant, resolute, audacious	10
36883144	abet	(v) assist, help, support, back, : encourage, incite, put up to	11
36883145	infallible	perfect, foolproof, reliable, fail-safe, waterproof	12
36883146	precipitate	(adj) impulsive, impetuous, sudden, rash; (v) hasten, cause, occasion,	13
36883147	nettle	(v) annoy, irritate, grate on one's nerves, vex, exasperate	14
36883148	ignominious	: (adj) nefarious, reprehensible, disgraceful, shameful	15
36883149	inundate	: (v) overwhelm, flood, deluge, swamp	16
36883150	potent	(adj) powerful, compelling, persuasive, effective	17
36883151	providence	(n) fate, chance, luck, outside influence, divine intervention, destiny	18
36883152	junta	: (n) military rule, stratocracy, government by army	19
36883153	temperance	(n) restraint, self-control, reasoned action	20
36883154	promulgate	(v) proclaim, disseminate, announce, publicize, declare	21
36883155	circumspect	(adj) cautious, judicious, prudent	22
36883156	puissance	(n) power, might, strength, force	23
36883157	Eschew	shun, avoid, disdain	24
36883158	Laudable	praiseworthy, commendable, valiant, admirable, couragous	25
36883159	Laconic	Brief, concise, economical	26
36883160	odious	deplorable, appalling, horrible	27
36883161	Iniquity	wickedness, immorality, crime, vice	28
36883162	Posterity	descendants, offspring, children	29
36883163	Beguile	entice, mesmerize, fool, charm	30
36883164	Fervid	passionate, impassioned, intense	31
36883165	Tumult	clamor, commotion, turmoil, mayehm	32
36883166	Sagacious	wise, perceptive	33
36883167	Erudition	scholarship, sophistication	34
36883168	Tacit	implicit, implied, unstated but understood	35
36883169	eminent	well known, distinguished, prominent	36
36883170	Vehement	passionate, intense, violent	37
36883171	Encroach	trespass, intrude	38
36883172	Countenance	tolerate, allow, (n) expression, face	39
36883173	Insolent	impudent, disrespectful, rude	40
36883174	Suffuse	premeate, saturate, fill	41
36883175	feign	fake, simulate	42
36883176	Profound	insightful, deep, meaningful	43
36883177	Copious	abundant, plentiful, profuse, numerous	44
36883178	Assiduous	diligent, industrious	45
36883179	Juxtaposition	conjunction, cembination	46
36883180	Inchoate	unclear, tentative, undeveloped	47
36883181	callous	Heinous, uncaring, ruthless	48
36883182	Obsequious	flattering, submissive, sycophantic	49
36883183	Riposte	reply, retort, wisecrack	50
36883184	Frenetic	frantic, hectic, chaotic	51
36883185	Solace	comfort, relief	52
36883186	Speculation	conjecture, assumption, theory, guesswork	53
36883187	Importune	plead, annoy, harass, pester	54
36883188	Approbate	affirm, approve, praise, aknowledge	55
36883189	Adumbrate	foreshadow, prefigure indistinctly	56
36883190	Repudiate	Disown, abjure	57
36883191	Pithy	terse, brief, succinct, concise	58
36883192	Expiate	compensate, recompense, redress	59
36883193	Timorous	fearful, timid	60
36883194	Portentous	pompous, arrogant, haughty or significant, fateful, ominous	61
36883195	Divert	redirect, deflect, distract	62
36883196	Ensue	result, arise	63
36883197	acrimony	bitterness, irascibility, wrath, rudeness :-(	64
36883198	loquacious	talkative, chatty, verbose, garrulous	65
36883199	levity	humor, cheerfulness, flippancy	66
36883200	admonish	reprove, reprimand, chide, scold, caution	67
36883201	propriety	decorum, respectability, modesty, correctness, appropriateness	68
36883202	enmity	animosity, rancor, loathing, malice	69
36883203	lugubrious	sad, melancholy, depressing, somber	70
36883204	candid	direct, frank, honest, forthright, sincere, uncensored	71
36883205	predicament	dilemma, quandary, mess, jam	72
36883206	tawdry	cheap, sleazy, gaudy	73
36883207	Imbue	instill, fill, saturate, permeate	74
36883208	Lascivious	licentious, lustful, immoral	75
36883209	Transcendental	concerned with a pror basis of knowledge, exalted or mystical	76
36883210	Insidious	sinister, subtle, sly, cunning	77
36883211	Lassitude	lethargy, weakness, indolence	78
36883212	Salutary	helpful, beneficial, productive	79
36883213	Coda	postscript, addendum, afterthought	80
36883214	Periphery	margin, border, edge, boundary	81
36883215	Propinquity	proximity, vicinity; concurrence or kinship	82
36883216	Execrated	cursed or denounced, to declare as evil or detestable	83
36883217	Presage	foreshadow, portend, foretell, predict	84
36883218	Stigmata	mark or brand, a sign of disease, Christs wounds	85
36883219	Accede	approve, approach, consent, assent	86
36883220	Refractory	stubborn, unmanageable, immune, insusceptible	87
36883221	Noxious	pernicious, harmful, corrupting, destructive	88
36883222	Rancor	enmitiy, ill-will, hostility, abhorrence	89
36883223	Inane	bana, empty, prosaic, vampid, asinine, ludicrous	90
36883224	Turpitude	wickedness, depravity, inherent baseness of character	91
36883225	Pedagogy	the art, science or pfrofession of teaching	92
36883226	Dexterity	adroitness, mental skill or quickness, eas in use of hands	93
36956319	Fiasco	disaster, Debacle, flop, ignominy, disgrace, humiliation	94
36956320	Coquetry	a flirtatious act or attitude	95
36956321	insinuate	imply, suggest, intimate; ingratiate yourself, wheedle (Wheedle: to persuade someone.)	96
36956322	Pedant	a male school teacher; one who is exacting and perfectionist in the minutiae of knowledge, one who parades his learning	97
36956323	Piquant	hot, spicy, tangy, sharp	98
36986202	Auspicious	favorable, promising, fortunate, propitious, good	99
40220063	Bereft	to deprive of something, desolate	100
40220064	sonorous	producing a full, deep ritch sound, resonate	101
40220065	reticence	reluctance, reserved, unwillingness	102
40220066	renunciation	denial, abandonment // acceptance	103
40220067	Benignant	kind, gentle, gracious, favorable, beneficial // cruel, pernicious	104
40220068	Indefatigable	untriring, inexhaustible, unrelenting // enervated	105
40220069	Craven	cowardly, gutless, timorous. pusillanimous // brave	106
40220070	Spectral	ghostly, haunted, supernatural, phantom	107
40220071	Solipsism	Philosophical theory of the self as the only knowable reality	108
40220072	Panoply	arrary, myriad, countless, numerous // few	109
40220073	Apotheosis	glorification, deification, elevate to a transcendent position	110
40220074	Solecism	mistake, faux pas, error in grammar or etiquette	111
40220075	Trepidation	fear, apprehensiveness, alarm, dread	112
40220076	Truculent	pugnacious, scathing, belligerent, violent	113
40220077	Calumny	slander, falsehoods about someone (Not Malign)	114
40220078	Snivel	whine, complain, sniffle	115
40220079	Canny	Wily, smart, shrewd, frugal in spending	116
40220080	Sedulous	industrious, assiduous, persevering // lackadaisical	117
40220081	Elucidate	enlighten, clarify, shine a light upon	118
40220082	Insouciant	nonchalant, cavalier, unconcerned	119
40220083	Polemic	diatribe, tirade, a controversy or argument, especially one that is a refutation of or an attack upon a specified opinion, doctrine, or the like. The term can refer to the person who is engaged in the argument.	120
40220084	Unctuous	greasy or oily, sycophantic or groveling	121
40220085	Chasten	punish or chastise, censure, reprimand, castigate	122
40220086	Estrange	alienate, disaffect , push away or separate from	123
40220087	Ruminate	ponder, consider, think, meditate, reflect	124
42292735	Redolent	aromatic, fragrant, scented, malodorous	125
42292736	Cajole	coax, wheedle, entice, inveigle	126
42292737	Efface	to eliminate or make indistinct, to make oneself, modestly inconspicuous	127
42292738	Intrinsic	innate, inherent, native, essential, built-in	128
42292739	Brusque	curt or abrupt in nature, gruff, brisk	129
42292740	Ennui	world wearines, boredom	130
42292741	Peremptory	authoritative, absolute, dogmatic, dictatorial	131
42292742	Abate	stop, halt, subside, decrease	132
42292743	Menagerie	a diverse group, zoo	133
42292744	Banal	hackneyed, trite, prosac, dull, clichéd	134
42292745	Intimation	suggestion, hint, allusion, insinuation	135
42292746	Largesse	munificence, generosity, bounty, charity	136
42292747	Obviate	prevent, preclude, avert, hinder	137
42292748	Soporific	hypnotic, heavy, sleep-inducing, dull, monotonous	138
42292749	Rapt	engrossed, absorbed, ethralled, captivated	139
42292750	Purge	cleanse, clean, rid, eliminate, eradicate; pardon, exonerate, excuse	140
42292751	Miscreant	troublemaker, scoundrel, malefactor, reprobate, villain	141
42292752	Desultory	aimless, random, haphazard, indiscriminate	142
42292753	Throng	crowd, horde, mob; crowd, pack, jam, inundate	143
42292754	Facetious	intended as humorous or funny, but usually illy, inappropriate, teasing	144
42292755	Rubicund	rosy or reddish tint to the skin	145
42292756	Disgruntled	dissatisfied, unhappy, irritated, peeved	146
42292757	Draconian	extremely harsh or severe, unjust	147
42292758	Amiable	friendly, sociable, genial, affable	148
42292759	Wane	diminish, decrease, fade, decline	149
45154963	fain	happily, preferably' eager, compelled to as in forced by obligation // unwillingly; halfhearted	150
45154964	recondite	obscure, abstruse, complex, hidden // obviouse, clear, apparent, evident, understandable	151
45154965	warrant	merit or deserve, demand, guarantee, affirm, assure	152
45154966	fastidious	finicky or picky, fussy, painstaking //easygoing, careless, slapdash	153
45154967	vitriolic	spiteful, venomous, acerbic, vicious, caustic// kind, mild, soothing	154
45154968	limpid	clear and transparent, lucid; unworried, calm, composed // confused, incoherent; worried, irrational, insane	155
45154969	untenable	indefensible, weak, invalid, flawed//defensible, valid, bona fide, convincing, compelling	156
45154970	esoteric	obscure, arcane, cryptic, mysterious// knowable, fathomable // beatin yo meat	157
45154971	vicissitude	unexpected changes, fortunes	158
45154972	zeitgeist	the ideas prevalent in a period or place, the spirit of the age	159
45154973	gamut	full range, length, extent, breath	160
45154974	ineluctable	unavoidable, inescapable, ordained, inexorable, unavoidable // unnecessary, preventable	161
45154975	nexus	connection, link, center, focus // edge periphery, fringe	162
45154976	surmise	guess, deduce, infer, construe, postulate, assume// to know absolutely	163
45154977	malinger	shirk, feign illness, play hooky// accept, attend, take on, assume	164
45154978	harbinger	portent, omen, forerunner, herald // afterthought, epilogue	165
45154979	hiatus	gap, pause, break, lull, interval //continuance, extension, persistence	166
45154980	plaintive	mournful, nostalgic, melancholic, sad, lamenting // cheerful, happy, merry, celebratory, festive, congratulatory	167
45154981	spectral	ghostly, phantom, haunted, supernatural// natural, earthly, mundane	168
45154982	bemuse	confuse, bewilder, puzzle, perplex, muddle // clarify, enlighten, elucidate	169
45154983	imperious	domineering, authoritative, arrogant, haughty // subservient, submissive, meek, docile	170
45154984	sophistry	flawed method of argumentation, faulty logic or reasoning that appears good, but is only clever and dishonest	171
45154985	tirade	outburst, diatribe rant, invective // encomium	172
45154986	lurid	garish, gaudy, vivid, loud, explicit, sensational, shocking // bland, decorous, restrained, proper, appropriate	173
45154987	vociferous	voluble, enthusiastic, raucous, strident, noisy // soft, measured, mellifluous, gentile	174