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What does the word 'Altruistic' mean?
What does the word 'Altruistic' mean?
- Indifferent to others
- Only concerned with personal gains
- Unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others (correct)
- Self-involved
Which option describes 'Astute' accurately?
Which option describes 'Astute' accurately?
- Perceptive and insightful (correct)
- Naive
- Rude
- Confused
What is the meaning of 'Brusque'?
What is the meaning of 'Brusque'?
- Articulate
- Subtle and gentle
- Friendly and kind
- Blunt and surly (correct)
What does 'Cynical' indicate?
What does 'Cynical' indicate?
How would you describe someone who is 'Equanimous'?
How would you describe someone who is 'Equanimous'?
What does the term 'Fervid' mean?
What does the term 'Fervid' mean?
Which of the following best describes 'Haughty'?
Which of the following best describes 'Haughty'?
What does 'Insubordinate' imply?
What does 'Insubordinate' imply?
How would you characterize someone who is 'Pernicious'?
How would you characterize someone who is 'Pernicious'?
What is the meaning of 'Plucky'?
What is the meaning of 'Plucky'?
Which word best defines 'Remorseful'?
Which word best defines 'Remorseful'?
What does 'Doleful' mean?
What does 'Doleful' mean?
Which of the following options best describes 'Mordant'?
Which of the following options best describes 'Mordant'?
What does the term 'prostrate' imply in terms of attitude?
What does the term 'prostrate' imply in terms of attitude?
How is the adjective 'quixotic' best characterized?
How is the adjective 'quixotic' best characterized?
Which word describes someone who is characterized as both arrogant and condensing?
Which word describes someone who is characterized as both arrogant and condensing?
What does 'remonstrate' mean in terms of behavior?
What does 'remonstrate' mean in terms of behavior?
What characteristic does 'reticent' convey regarding a person's behavior?
What characteristic does 'reticent' convey regarding a person's behavior?
Which word indicates someone who is overly flattering and ingratiating?
Which word indicates someone who is overly flattering and ingratiating?
What is the meaning of the adjective 'vapid'?
What is the meaning of the adjective 'vapid'?
Which term best describes a person who is overly cautious due to unwarranted fears?
Which term best describes a person who is overly cautious due to unwarranted fears?
Flashcards
Tactless
Tactless
Showing a lack of tact, sensitivity or diplomacy.
Titillated
Titillated
Arousing or exciting interest, amusement, or desire.
Patronising
Patronising
Arrogant and condescending in a way that suggests superiority.
Unscrupulous
Unscrupulous
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Unctuous
Unctuous
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Shrewd
Shrewd
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Verbose
Verbose
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Wistful
Wistful
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Frenzied
Frenzied
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Exacerbate
Exacerbate
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Obsequious
Obsequious
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Non-plussed
Non-plussed
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Irascible
Irascible
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Assuaging
Assuaging
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Insolent
Insolent
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Daunted
Daunted
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Punctilious
Punctilious
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Churlish
Churlish
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Agog
Agog
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Malleable
Malleable
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Flippant
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Garrulous
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Pompous
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Study Notes
Vocabulary Quiz - Adjectives
- Agog: enthralled
- Ambiguous: cryptic/uncertain
- Appeasement: pacification/conciliation
- Ardour: enthusiasm
- Acquiescent: passive
- Arbitrary: whimsical/chance
- Appraise: estimate/judge
- Adulatory: complimentary/laudatory
- Animosity: hostility/hate/contempt
- Assiduous: hardworking
- Autonomous: independent/self-reliant
- Astute: preceptive/insightful/adroit
- Assuaging: comforting/soothing/making less severe/encouraging
- Altruistic: unselfishly concerned to the welfare of others/charitable/philanthropic
- Auspicious: promising success/favourable/favoured by fame
- Abrasive: harsh/rough/no need
- Affable: friendly/pleasant to talk to
Vocabulary Quiz - Adjectives (B)
- Brusque: blunt/surly
- Bemused: confused + slightly amused
- Blundering: awkward
- Bereft: devoid
- Benevolent: generous
- Belated: late/slow
- Beatific: joyful
- Brassy: vulgar/loud-to-the-senses
- Bewildered: shocked + confused
- Brooding: discouraged/forlorn
Vocabulary Quiz - Adjectives (C)
- Chagrin: displeasure
- Confounded: confused
- Chastened: admonished/conscience-stricken
- Curt: abrupt/rude
- Callous: cruel/insensitive
- Conniving: evil/conspiring
- Cowed: afraid
- Caustic: bitter/scathing/sarcastic
- Churlish: crude/boorish
- Crudite: raw
- Cogent: effective
- Contrite: remorseful
- Cogitative: thoughtful
- Covert: clandestine/surreptitious/secretly
- Corpulent: fat
- Credulous: naïve
- Chagrined: abashed
- Cloying: sentimental
- Consternated: to dismay/confuse/terrify
- Contemptuous: disrespectful/disdainful
- Cynical: distrust in human sincerity/integrity
Vocabulary Quiz - Adjectives (D)
- Diplomatic: conciliatory/tactful/politic
- Defiant: disobedient
- Disgruntled: unhappy/disappointed
- Deranged: insane/unbalanced/unhinged
- Daunted: overwhelmed
- Discomfited: uncomfortable
- Doleful: mournful
- Diffident: hesitant, shy
- Dour: gloomy/grim
- Demurred: disagreed/hesitate
- Discomposed: distraught
- Discountenanced: rejected/opposed
- Doting: indulgent/serving
- Didactic: educational/erudite
- Deferential: considerate
- Dyspeptic: crabby/cantankerous/petulant
- Dogmatic: opinionated/dictatorial
- Disparaging: criticising/belittling/reproachful/derogatory
- Dismayed: perturbed/alarmed
- Derisive: mocking
- Deferred: delayed/postponed
- Digressive: rambling/departing from main subject
- Domineering: inclined to rule in an arbitrarily/despotically
- Despotic: dictatorial
- Disingenuous: insincerely/ lack of frankness/hypocritically
- Defamatory: unjustified injury of good reputation of someone/derogatory
Vocabulary Quiz - Adjectives (E-Z)
- Equanimous: even/stable
- Erudite: well educated
- Edifying: enlightening/illuminating
- Exacerbate: worsen/annoy
- Explicit: specific/unambiguous
- Emphatic: strongly expressive
- Fervid: enthusiastic
- Facetious: kidding
- Feisty: spirited
- Frenzied: extremely/wildly enthusiastic/uncontrolled
- Forlorn: sad from feeling of abandonment/loneliness
- Figurative: symbolic/figure-of-speech
- Flippant: lacking seriousness or sincerity/frivolous
- Frivolous: lacking seriousness
- and so on... (continues for all remaining letters)
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