Cumulative Flashcards--Vocabulary C
Here are all of our vocabulary words combined.
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| 85792324 | adroit | skillful, clever | |
| 85792325 | adulterate | to make impure, to contaminate | |
| 85792326 | adventitious | accidental; nonessential | |
| 85792327 | aegis | a shield; protection; sponsorship | |
| 85792328 | aesthetic | pertaining to beauty | |
| 85792329 | affectation | a phony attitude; pose | |
| 85792330 | affinity | an attraction to | |
| 85792331 | affluence | wealth; richness | |
| 85792332 | agape | open-mouthed; surprise; agog | |
| 85792333 | aggrandize | to enlarge; to expand | |
| 85792334 | altruism | a concern for others; generosity | |
| 85792335 | ambiguous | open to more than one interpretation | |
| 85792336 | amoral | lacking a sense of right and wrong | |
| 85792337 | amorphous | shapeless, formless, vague | |
| 85792338 | animosity | hatred | |
| 85792339 | antipathy | an intense dislike | |
| 85792340 | antithesis | an exact opposite; an opposite extreme | |
| 85792341 | badinage | playful, teasing talk | |
| 85792342 | banal | common, ordinary | |
| 85792343 | baroque | overly decorated | |
| 85792344 | bauble | a showy but useless thing | |
| 85792345 | bedlam | a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion | |
| 85792346 | beguile | to deceive; to charm; to enchant | |
| 85792347 | besiege | to overwhelm; to surround and attack | |
| 85792348 | besmirch | to make dirty; to stain | |
| 85792349 | bestial | savage, brutal | |
| 85792350 | bilious | bad tempered; cross | |
| 85792351 | blanch | to whiten, to make pale | |
| 85792352 | bland | mild, tasteless, dull | |
| 85792353 | blandishment | flattery | |
| 88409391 | bombast | impressive but meaningless language | |
| 88409392 | bona fide | in good faith | |
| 88409393 | boor | a rude or impolite person | |
| 88409394 | bovine | pertaining to cows or cattle | |
| 88409395 | bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. | |
| 88409396 | brevity | briefness; short duration | |
| 88409397 | bucolic | pertaining to the countryside; rural, rustic | |
| 88409398 | cajole | to coax, to persuade, to wheedle | |
| 88409399 | callow | young and inexperienced | |
| 88409400 | carcinogen | causing cancer | |
| 88409401 | carnal | sensual, sexual | |
| 88409402 | carrion | decaying flesh | |
| 88409403 | cataclysm | a violent change | |
| 88409404 | cataract | large waterfall; abnormality of the eye | |
| 88409405 | caveat | a warning | |
| 94822875 | celibate | unmarried; abstaining from sex | |
| 94822876 | censure | to criticize sharply | |
| 94822877 | cessation | a stopping; a discontinuance | |
| 94822878 | chaff | worthless matter | |
| 94822879 | chagrin | embarrassment; a complete loss of courage | |
| 94822880 | chimerical | imaginary; fantastic | |
| 94822881 | coalesce | to blend, to merge | |
| 94822882 | debacle | a complete failure; a total collapse | |
| 94822883 | debauchery | corruption; self-indulgence | |
| 94822884 | deference | respect; consideration | |
| 94822885 | defile | to pollute, to corrupt | |
| 94822886 | deign | to lower oneself before an inferior | |
| 94822887 | delineate | to describe, to depict | |
| 94822888 | demeanor | behavior; manner of conducting oneself | |
| 94822889 | denouement | an outcome, result | |
| 97750665 | deride | to ridicule, to mock | |
| 97750666 | desiccated | dried up | |
| 97750667 | despicable | contemptible, hateful | |
| 97750668 | desultory | wandering from subject to subject | |
| 97750669 | deviate | to turn aside | |
| 97750670 | diadem | a crown | |
| 97750671 | diaphanous | very sheer and light | |
| 97750672 | dichotomy | a division into two parts | |
| 97750673 | ebullient | enthusiastic | |
| 97750674 | eclectic | choosing from various sources | |
| 97750675 | edify | improve someone morally | |
| 97750676 | effete | worn out; barren | |
| 97750677 | egregious | remarkably bad; outrageous | |
| 97750678 | elegy | a sad or mournful poem | |
| 97750679 | elicit | to draw forth; to call forth | |
| 102460365 | elixir | a supposed remedy for all ailments | |
| 102460366 | elucidate | to make clear | |
| 102460367 | emanate | to come forth; to send forth | |
| 102460368 | emendation | a correction | |
| 102460369 | empathy | an understanding of another's feelings | |
| 102460370 | empirical | based on practical experience rather than theory | |
| 102460371 | endemic | confined to a particular country or area | |
| 102460372 | enervate | to weaken | |
| 102460373 | ennui | boredom; a weariness resulting from a lack of interest | |
| 102460374 | ephemeral | lasting only a brief time; short-lived | |
| 102460375 | epitome | a typical example; a condensed account | |
| 102460376 | ergo | therefore | |
| 102460377 | erotic | pertaining to sexual love | |
| 102460378 | eschew | to keep away from; to avoid; to shun | |
| 102460379 | facetious | comical; jocular; flippant | |
| 144843849 | factious | causing disagreement | |
| 144843850 | fastidious | hard to please; fussy | |
| 144843851 | fatuous | foolish, inane | |
| 144843852 | fecund | fertile, productive | |
| 144843853 | ferret | a small animal of the weasel family; to search or drive out | |
| 144843854 | fervent | eager, earnest | |
| 144843855 | fetish | an object that receives respect or devotion | |
| 144843856 | finesse | diplomacy; tact; artful management | |
| 144843857 | fiscal | pertaining to finances | |
| 144843858 | fissure | an opening; a groove; a split | |
| 144843859 | flaccid | flabby | |
| 144843860 | flagellate | to whip; to lash | |
| 144843861 | flaunt | to show off | |
| 144843862 | flout | to ridicule; to show contempt for | |
| 144843863 | foment | to stir up; to incite | |
| 144843864 | fop | an excessively fashion-conscious man | |
| 144843865 | fortuitous | lucky; by chance | |
| 144843866 | gambol | to frolic; to romp about playfully | |
| 144843867 | garish | tastelessly gaudy | |
| 144843868 | garner | to gather, to acquire | |
| 144843869 | garrulous | talkative | |
| 144843870 | germane | relevant; fitting | |
| 144843871 | gibe | to scoff, to ridicule | |
| 144843872 | gloat | to look at or think about with great satisfaction | |
| 144843873 | glower | to stare angrily | |
| 144843874 | grandiose | impressive, showy, magnificent | |
| 144843875 | gratuitous | unnecessary or uncalled for | |
| 144843876 | grotesque | absurd; distorted | |
| 144843877 | gumption | courage and initiative; common sense | |
| 144843878 | hackneyed | commonplace; overused | |
| 144843879 | halcyon | calm, pleasant | |
| 144843880 | hallow | to make holy; holy | |
| 144843881 | harbinger | an omen or sign | |
| 144843882 | harlequin | a clown | |
| 144843883 | hector | to bully; to pester | |
| 144843884 | hedonism | pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses | |
| 144843885 | hegira | flight, escape | |
| 144843886 | hermetic | tightly sealed | |
| 144843887 | heterogeneous | different; dissimilar | |
| 144843888 | hiatus | a pause or gap | |
| 144843889 | hoi polloi | common people; the masses | |
| 144843890 | hospice | a shelter | |
| 144843891 | hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence | |
| 144843892 | hybrid | anything of mixed origin | |
| 144843893 | idiosyncrasy | a peculiar personality trait | |
| 144843894 | idolatry | excessive or blind adoration; worship of an object | |
| 144843895 | ignoble | dishonorable, shameful | |
| 144843896 | imminent | likely to happen; threatening | |
| 144843897 | immolate | to kill someone as a sacrificial victim | |
| 144843898 | immutable | unchangeable, fixed | |
| 144843899 | impair | to weaken; to cause to become worse | |
| 144843900 | impale | to pierce with a sharp stake through the body | |
| 144843901 | impalpable | unable to be felt, intangible | |
| 144843902 | impecunious | without money; penniless | |
| 144843903 | impediment | a barrier; obstruction | |
| 144843904 | imperative | extremely necessary; vitally important | |
| 144843905 | imperious | domineering; haughty | |
| 144843906 | impinge | to strike; to encroach | |
| 144843907 | impious | disrespectful toward God | |
| 144843908 | importune | to persistently ask; to beg |