English Vocab Study 13
subtle
delicate, elusive, not obvious. Synonyms: attenuated, ethereal, inconspicuous, profound, slight, tenuous
audacity
excessive boldness, rashness, daring. Synonyms: cheek, chutzpah, effrontery, gall, hardihood, temerity
gluttonous
greedy for food and drink. Synonyms: rapacious, ravenous, voracious
didactic
instructive, designed to teach. Synonyms: educational, edifying, pedantic, teacherly
discord
lack of agreement, tension, strife. Synonyms: contention, dissension, variance
angular
lean; sharp cornered; gaunt. Synomyms: awkward, lank, scrawny, spare
hypocrite
one who is insincere or deceitful. Synonyms: bluffer, charlatan, malingerer, phony, quack, sophist
pacifistic
opposed to war or use of force. Synonyms: appeased, conciliated, mollified, placated, propitiated
mundane
ordinary, commonplace. Synonyms: banal, prosaic, routine, workaday
tranquil
peaceful, calm. Synonyms: placid, serene
toxic
poisonous. Synonyms: deadly, harmful, lethal, mephitic, noxious, septic, virulent
debacle
ridiculous failure. Synonyms: defeat, disaster, fiasco, havoc, trouncing
austere
strict, stern; unadorned, ascetic. Synonyms: severe
dissemination
the act of spreading widely; scattering. Synonyms: circulation, diffusion, promulgation, propagation
ominous
threatening. Synonyms: fateful, portentous
embellish
to decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation. Synonyms: deck, garnish, ornament, adorn
revere
to honor, to regard with respect. Synonyms: adore, venerate, worship
lament
to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner. Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, deplore
ascend
to move upward, to rise from a lower station. Synonyms: rise, scale
verbose
wordy, very talkative. Synonyms: bombastic, garrulous, grandiloquent, loquacious, windy