10th Lit Vocab U4

Question 1

Bourgeois

Answer 1

adj
Average, middle-class, implies materialist and conforming to middle class ideals

Question 2

blasé

Answer 2

adj
unimpressed, apathetic, showing that you don’t care

Question 3

putrid

Answer 3

adj
disgusting and repulsive, especially with smells of rot and decay

Question 4

swanky

Answer 4

adj
super fancy, luxurious, and rich

Question 5

psychoanalysis

Answer 5

noun
type of therapy/psychiatry which focuses on analyzing the unconscious mind - psychoanalysis was created and popularized by Sigmund freud in the late 1800’s, early 1900’s

Question 6

Halitosis

Answer 6

noun
really bad breath

Question 7

digress

Answer 7

verb
to leave the main topic when you are speaking or writing

Question 8

provocative

Answer 8

adj
causing a reaction - could be anger, annoyance, offense; deliberately seeking a reaction of desire

Question 9

harrowing

Answer 9

adj
extremely distressing or disturbing

Question 10

reciprocal

Answer 10

adj
mutual - something that is given or felt in return

Question 11

humility

Answer 11

noun
being humble; the idea that you are not better than anyone else

Question 12

scraggly

Answer 12

adj
ragged and untidy

Question 13

affected

Answer 13

adj
artificial, fake, trying to impress people

Question 14

primal

Answer 14

adj
early stage in human development, basic

Question 15

dismissive

Answer 15

adj
describe showing rudeness by rejecting something/one; showing that you think someone/thing has no value

Question 16

waver

Answer 16

v
to try and decide between multiple things

Question 17

gaping

Answer 17

adj
wide open

Question 18

doctrine

Answer 18

noun
principle, core belief, or sets of beliefs - widely used for religion, political plans, etc.