Vocab Unit 10 Flashcards

Adj. Sharp or sarcastic in language or tone

Adj. Full of anger or spite

Adj. Unsupported or unjustifiable by sound logic, standards or judgment

Adj. Ostensibly lacking any coherent system or order

Adj. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood, thinking or behavior

V. To encourage or persuade, typically using flattery or promises

Adj. Able to be understood or comprehended

Adj. Expressed in a fluent or articulate manner

Adj. Adjacent to, or in contact with

Adj. Based on inferences from general principles

Adj. Based on, or displaying, common sense

V. To shift from the main subject of discussion temporarily

V. To wander from one's path or main direction

Adj. Difficult to find, catch, or achieve

Adj. Difficult to describe or define

Adj. Characterized by being fair, just, or impartial

Adj. That can be done in practice

Adj. Very pragmatic or realistic, lacking emotion or artificiality

Adj. Of, or relating to, people or society at the local level

N. The common people forming the mass of a population or citizenry

Adj. Cold and not feeling or showing any emotion

Adj. Insensitive or unaffected by others

V. To mix or blend together, typically into a single mass or unit

V. To establish or originate

V. To defy, break or ignore the terms of a law, rule agreement, etc.

V. To intrude, meddle, or trespass in others' affairs

Adj. Fearless with an adventurous streak

Adj. No longer in use

Adj. Characterized by overuse to the point of being uninteresting

Adj. Having great power, especially to influence or affect something

Adj. Having or exerting control, power or authority

Adj. No longer needed or useful

Adj. No longer active or functioning

Adj. Relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric

Adj. Expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress

V. To cause to fail, or to make great attempts to