1 Entourage Flashcards
Affinity
A strong attraction or preference
Admonish
To gently scold or advise someone
Appropriate
To take possession of something, usurp by force
Archetype
Perfect example
Brevity
Brief, short, concise
Cacophony
Harsh or unpleasant sound
Carp
Complain annoyingly
Conventional
Traditional ordinary commonplace
Circumlocution
Act of speaking in a roundabout indirect manner to avoid and issue
Beating round bush
Conflagration
Inferno. Enormous fire or conflict
Deficit
Lack of something, usually money
Emblematic
Representative
Encroach
Trespass, intrude, cross figurative boundaries
Exacerbate
Make something bad even worse
Eulogy
Speech of praise at a funeral
Idyllic
Picturesque pleasing to the eye. Often to describe scenery
Immutable
Unable to be changed
Impotent
Powerless
Incessant
Unceasing, unable to be quelled
Insatiable
Incapable of being satisfied
Insolent
Rude
Irreverent
Lacking respect. Used to describe a sense of humor
Litigious
Prone to lawsuits eager to sue people
Malinger
To pretend to be sick to avoid duty or work
Stay home from school sick day
Morose
Sullen or gloomy
Naive
Innocent or credulous gullible
Nepotism
Use of favoritism in securing a job, obtaining a position because of family or friend connections
Nostalgia
Longing for things past
Obfuscate
Make something unclear or hidden, used figuratively
Opulent
Wealthy, something that ostentatiously indicates great wealth
Orthodox
Traditional
Outmoded
Unfashionable or obsolete
Palliate
To soothe or make something less severe
Panache
Style or flair in appearance or action
Pedestrian
Average or ordinary, used pejoratively
Peevish
Irritable, querulous
Perfunctory
Performing something without energy or enthusiasm, going through motions
Poignant
Touching moving deeply affecting
Promulgate
To declare or proclaim something publicly
Prudent
Careful or cautious
Pugnacious
Combative or quarrelsome
Ramifications
Consequence or outcome, offshoot
Rebuke
Harshly criticize
Reticent
Shy or quiet, reluctant
Salient
Conspicuous noticeable or prominent
Servile
Submissive acting like a slave or servant
Surreal
Seeming unreal, having the quality of a dream
Tenable
Defensible
Trepidation
Extreme fear
Urbane
Polite or sophisticated