Mat vocabulary
Exercise Science 0000001 with Natalie at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
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By: natalie davidson
Created: 2011-01-24
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abdicate
to relinzuish power, renounce, abandon, resign
aberration
deviation, irregularity
abrogate
to do away with, abolish, annul
abscond
to leave quickly, flee
abstemious
self-disciplined, temperate, moderate
accede
to give in, agree, consent
acme
pinnacle, summit, culmination
acrid
bitter, caustic, pungent
acumen
insight, wisdon, quickness
adamant
unyielding, obstinate, inflexible
adjudicate
to pass judgment, arbitrate, referee
advent
arrival, beginning, initiation
aegis
protection, guidance, tutelage
affinity
attraction, sympathy, resemblance
aggrandize
to exaggerate, enhance, overdo
agnate
related on the father's side
alacrity
enthusiasm, readiness, eagerness
ableit
notwithstanding, although
allege
to contend, claim, assert
amalganate
to combine, merge, integrate
ambient
surrounding, encircling
ambulate
to walk, sunter, stroll
ameliorate,
to improve, upgrade enhance
amicable
friendly, cordial, harmonious
amphora
jar jug
anchorite
recluse, hermit
anima
soul, spirit
animus
ill will, hostility, enmity
anneal
to strengthen, harden
anomalous
abnormal, atypical, diviant
antebellum
rewar
antediluvian
ancient, prehistoric, primitive
apiculture
beekeeping
aplomb
self-confidence, compsure, self-assurance
apoplectic
irate, angry, furious
apostate
rennegade, disbeliever, runaway
approbation
approval, praise, commendation
arboreal
tree dwelling
archetype
standard, model prototype
arduous
laborious, difficult, demanding
arra
wall hanging, tapestry
artisan
craftsperson
ascertain
to discover, determine, ensure
aspersion
insinuation, defamation, slur
assiduous
industrious, diligent, persistent
assuage
to alleviate, allay, ease
atelier
studio, workshop
audacious
bold, overconfident, reckless
august
grand impressive, majestic
aureole
halo, aura
auspicious
lucky favorable, fortunate
austere
sober, plain, severe
avaricious
greedy, acquisitive, grasping
avuncular
like an uncle
axium
maxim, truth, principle
babel
din, confusion, nosie
badinage
banter, repartee, chitchat
bagatelle
trifle, triviality
bailiwick
speciality, field of expertise
baleful
sinister, meaching, malevolent
banal
cliched, trite, hackneyed
bane
blight, curse, injury
bastion
mainstay, stronghold
bazaar
open air market, flea market
beatific
saintly, blessed,venerable
beguile
to entice, charm, captivate
behest
command, request, order
belay
to secure, make fast
beleaguer
to harass, bother, pester
belie
to contradict, misrepresent, disprove
bellicouse,
warlike, aggressive, contentious
belligerent
hostile, quarrelsome, argumentative
beneficent
kind, charitable, of assistance
benign
caring, kind, gentle
berate,
to scold, reproach, critize
berserk
frenzied, crazy, uncontrollable
beseech
to beg, plead, implore
bibliophile
book collector
bifurcate
to divide, brance fork
bilk
to cheat, swindle, defraud
blandish
to cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk
blight
to damage, ruin, disfigure
bludgeon
to club, beat, bash
boisterous
rowdy, noisy, unruly
bolster
to prop up, support, endourage
bombast
bluster, pomposity, bravado
boycott
to reject, abstain from
brackish
salty, briny
brusque
curt, abrupt, brisk
bulwark
fortification, rampart, embankment
burgeon
to sprout, proliferate, multipy
cabal
faction, conspiracy, plot
cache
hiding place, hoard, store
cacophonous
inharmonius, dissonant, jarring
cajole
to coax, persuade, entice
calumny
slander, defamaion, slur
canon
rule, law, tenet
capacious
roomy, voluminous, sizable
capitulate
to yield, surrender, submit
capricious
impulsive, whimsical, variable
cathartic
invigoration, therapeutic, liberating
caustic
corrosive, biting, acerbic
caveat
caution, warning, stipulation
celerity
swiftness, speed, haste
chagrin
embarrassment, mortification, disappointment
charisma
charm, magnetism, appeal
chary
wary, cautious, suspicious
chicanery
trickery, deception, fraud
chide
to scold, rebuke, reprimand
chivalrous
gallant, well-mannered, courteous
choleric
bad-tempered, irritable, belligerent
churlish
rude, coarse, boorish
cicatrix
scar
circumscrible
to restrice, limit, encircle
clamor
to demand, exclaim, shout
cleave
to split, slice, chop
clemency
mercy, leniency, compassion
cloying
syrupy, sugary, nauseating
cogent
logical, convincing, coherent
collier
coal miner
collusion
conspiracy, scheme, complicity
comestible
edible, safe to eat
commensurate
proportionate, corresponding, matchin
commiserate
to empathize, sympathize, showcompassion
commodious
ample, spacious, roomy
compendium
summary, abstract, list
complacent
contented, self-satisfied, unconcerned
compunction
regret, qualm, uneasiness
conciliate
to pacify, appease, mollify
condone
to pardon, overlook, forgive
conflagration
fire, inferno, blaze
conjecture
guess, specuation, theory
construe
to interpret, analyze, decipher
contentious
adjacent, abutting, bordering
contrition
repentance, penience, remorse
conundrum
riddle, puzzle, mystery
convivial
hospitable, cordial, sociable
coquette
flirt, tease
corporeal
bodily, physical
corpulent
fleshy, overweight, fat
cosmopolitan
sophisticated, international, multiethnic
cotillion
ball, dance, prom
countenance
appearance, face, expression
covenant
agreement, jpledge, contract
credible
believable, plausible, probable
cryptic
puzzling, mysterious, secret
cudgel
club, stick, truncheon
culvert
drain, sewer, channel
curate
curate
clergyman, cleric
cursory
superficial, hasty, perfunctory
dander
ire, temper, anger
daub
to smear, spread, paint
debonair
refined, suave, elegant
deferential
obsequious, respectful, reverent
deleterious
harmful, inurios, damaging
deliquesce
to melt, liquefy
demeanor
bearing, behavior, conduct
demur
to object, protest, balk
denigrate
to glittle,vilify, disparage
denizen
denizen
resident, citizen, native
deprecate
to dondemn, denounce, criticize
dereliction
abonment, neglect, desertion
despoil
to ruin, plunder, damange
desultory
haphazard, aimless, random
detritus
debris, remains, fragments
devolve
to delegate, entrust, transfer
diaphanous
sheer, filmy, translucent
diatribe,
invective, tirade, rant
didactic
informative, educational, instructive
qdiffident
shy, reticent, timed
dilatory
lagging,slow, sluggish
discomfit
to embarrass, mortify, disconcert
disparage
to belittle, mock, criticize
dissemble
to evade, feign, disguise
dissonance
discord, conflict, noise
doctrinaire
inflexible, dogmatic, strict
dogmatic
rigid, unbending, stubborn
dolor
sorrow, grief, misery
dour
grim, gloomy, forbidding
dragoon
to force, coerce, intimidate
drivel
idiocy, foolishness, nonsense
duplicity
deception, betrayal, treachery
ebullient
enthusiastic, merry jovial
echelon
rank, level, division
eclectic
mixed, varied, diverse
edification
enlightenment, learning, instruction
efficacious
effective, successful, effcient
About this deck
By: natalie davidson
Created: 2011-01-24
Size: 187 flashcards
Views: 22
Created: 2011-01-24
Size: 187 flashcards
Views: 22
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