English 1

Good's Vocab 1

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abate

v. - subside or moderate

adversary

n. an opponent

anecdote

n. - short account of an amusing or interesting event

ascendancy

n. - controlling influence

benevolent

Adj. - generous; charitable

charlatan

n. - quack; pretender to knowledge

confound

v. - to confuse; puzzle

cursory

adj. - casual; hastily done

deprecate

v. - express disapproval of; protest against; belittle

discredit

v. - defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve

distant

adj. - reserved or aloof; cold in manner

elusive

adj. - evasive; baffling; hard to grasp

esoteric

adj. - hard to understand; known only to the chosen few

expertise

n. - specialized knowledge; expert skill

flippant

adj. - lacking proper seriousness