Mr.Frost List 2
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- PEREMPTORY
- bossy, haughty, authoritative
- ASSENT
- permission
- DISSENT
- disagreement, protest
- DIFFIDENCE
- shyness
- DEFERENCE
- devotion, respect, homage
- ANECDOTE
- brief story, often humorous
- EXCEPTIONABLE
- objectionable
- EXACERBATED
- made worse, irritated
- VACILLATION
- uncertainty, wavering, hestitation
- INTELLIGIBLE
- readable, sensible
- PARITY
- equality
- ACQUISITIVE
- greedy, materialistic, avaricious
- GAMBOL
- play, frolic, cavort
- ACETIC
- sour, relating to vinegar
- ASCETIC
- rigidly plain and simple, monk like, Spartan, stoic
- PRECOCIOUS
- unusually talented or gifted at a young age
- CONTRITE
- sorrowful, apologetic, repentant, remorseful
- URBANE
- refined, sophisticated, suave, cultured, cosmopolitan
- CAUSAL
- causing to happen, inducing
- BOOR
- a rude person, churl, dunce, dullard, oaf, cretin, imbecile
- OFFICIOUS
- meddlesome, nosy, bothersome
- CONTEND
- to compete, vie, dispute, argue
- SPECIOUS
- untrue, sophomoric, imprecise, superficial
- TENET
- belief, canon, creed, doctrine, dogma
- COMPLICITY
- involvement (usu.negative)
- REVEILLE
- a military song played (usu. on a bugle) to awaken soldiers
- GENUS
-
type, kind, category
between species and family - METTLE
- courage, dauntlessness, pluck
- MEDDLE
- interfere, butt in, tamper, interlope
- CENSURE
- disapprove, reprimand, discipline, admonish, berate
- VENAL
- evil, corrup, willing to take a bribe
- IMPETUOUS
- hasty, impatient, impulsive, zealous
- LIBEL
- defame, slander, revile, besmirch
- EMINENT
- outstanding, esteemed, renowned
- IMMANENT
- built in, inherent, endemic
- INCITE
- stir up, provoke, excite
- DISSEMBLE
- to mask, camouflage, conceal
- SUPPLANT
- replace, substitute
- PROSCRIBE
- prohibit, condemn, sentence, doom
- INDIGENT
- poor, impoverished, destitute
- INDIGENOUS
- native, naturally occuring
- REGIMEN
- schedule, routine
- REGIME
- government
- GARISH
- gaudy, tasteless, ostentatious, overdone
- PEDANT
- showoff (of knowledge), know it all
- INGENUOUS
- simple, naive
- MERETRICIOUS
-
gaudy, blatant, brazen, chintzy, flashy, loud
tawdrily attractive - EPITHET
- a nickname, often insulting
- EPIGRAM
- a short, clever saying
- ECLECTIC
- chosen from a variety of sources, varied, catholic
- DEPRECATE
- condemn, revile, denigrate, disparage, vilify
- CANON
- principle, creed, belief, tenet, dogma
- STOLID
- unemotional, impassive, stoic, phlegmatic
- WAIVE
- to give up a right or privilege, surrender