6 Questions
What does the word 'churlish' mean?
Rude and ill-mannered
Which word is a synonym for 'hesitant'?
Diffident
What is the opposite of 'vacuous'?
Capacious
Which word means 'to predict or forecast'?
Prognosticate
What is the meaning of 'urbane'?
Sophisticated and cultured
Which word is a synonym for 'anguish'?
Compunction
Study Notes
Vocabulary Building
- Ignominious: deserving or causing shame or dishonor
- Brazen: impudent or impertinent
- Feckless: weak or ineffective
- Urbane: courteous and refined in manner
- Admonish: to caution or advise someone
- Impasse: a situation in which no progress can be made
- Ambulatory: able to walk or move around
- Indolent: wanting to avoid activity or exertion
- Vacuous: having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence
- Lugubrious: sad or mourful
- Mitigate: to make something less severe or unpleasant
- Compunction: a feeling of guilt or remorse
- Churlish: rude or uncooperative
- Diffident: lacking confidence in one's own abilities or judgment
- Edict: an official proclamation or decree
- Indiscretion: the quality of being reckless or careless
- Efficacy: the ability to produce a desired or intended result
- Palpitate: to cause a strong emotional response
- Ennui: a feeling of listlessness and boredom
- Inscrutable: difficult to understand or interpret
- Encumber: to hinder or obstruct
- Suppliant: humbly asking for something
- Prognosticate: to forecast or predict something
- Tumult: a state of great commotion or disturbance
- Vacillate: to hesitate or waver
- Marauding: robbing or plundering, especially in a predatory manner
- Avocation: a hobby or activity outside one's regular job
- Capricious: given to sudden, unpredictable changes
- Disparity: a noticeable difference or inequality
- Affront: an action or statement that causes offense or annoyance
- Impetus: a driving force or motivation
- Moribund: dying or decaying
- Wizen(eD: to become or make someone wise or wise-looking
- Blasé: unimpressed or indifferent
- Cajole: to persuade someone to do something by gentle persuasion
- Choleric: having or showing a quick temper
- Lassitude: a feeling of tiredness or lack of energy
- Licentious: having or showing a lack of moral standards
- Capacious: having a lot of space or capacity
- Didactic: intended to teach or instruct
- Deleterious: causing harm or having a bad effect
- Corroborate: to confirm or support something
- Preposterous: utterly absurd or ridiculous
- Retinue: a group of people who accompany an important person
- Nefarious: wicked or criminal
- Subversive: intended to overthrow or undermine
- Cognizant: having knowledge or awareness
- Collusion: secret agreement to deceive or cheat
- Allay: to reduce or remove fear or anxiety
- Prostrate: lying down or fallen to the ground
- Alacrity: quick and enthusiastic eagerness
- Unctuous: excessively flattering or trying to please
- Aplomb: complete calmness and self-confidence
- Barrage: a rapid and intense attack or criticism
- Inexorable: impossible to stop or prevent
- Pecuniary: relating to money
- Plight: a difficult or precarious situation
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