Basic Vocabulary

Vocabulary: Exercise 1

Words in this exercise:

 

Word  Meaning 
Fiasco 
a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one.
Captious tending to find fault or raise petty objections.
Craven  contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly.
Amiable having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
Delineate describe or portray (something) precisely.
Myriad  a countless or extremely great number of people or things.
Pedant a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules
Sagacity the quality of being sagacious.
Predilection a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something.
Corpulent (of a person) fat.
Condign (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.
Antithetical directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.
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