12th Week Flashcards
1
Q
diatribe
A
Bitter criticism
2
Q
Inhibition
A
restraint/ stop from doing something bad
3
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fortuitous
A
Accidental/ good accident, always good
4
Q
Incoherent
A
Disjointed/ doesn’t make sense
5
Q
ilk
A
negatively insulting/kind, sort
6
Q
Prestigious
A
illustrious
7
Q
placard
A
Poster
8
Q
integral
A
essential
9
Q
remuneration
A
pay
10
Q
nominal
A
slight, little
11
Q
expunge
A
erase
12
Q
Flamboyant
A
Showy, colorful
13
Q
anathema
A
Something greatly detested
14
Q
schism
A
Split
15
Q
utopia
A
Place of perfection
16
Q
To save face
A
Instead of firing the corrupt executive, they allowed him to retire in order that he might save face
17
Q
timorous
A
Fearful
18
Q
truncated
A
cut short
19
Q
jaunty
A
sprightly, gay
20
Q
fractious
A
quarrelsome
21
Q
ostentatious
A
showy
