14 Flashcards
Fortitude
: strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
Ex: She has endured disappointments with fortitude and patience.
it was only with the greatest fortitude that the Pilgrims were able to survive their first winter in Plymouth
Cogent
: PERTINENT, RELEVANT
Ex:a cogent analysis
Inextricable
not capable of being solved
Heckler
one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults
Ex: Instead of ignoring the trash talking, [Joey] Votto decided to play with the hecklers. “I remember when you used to be good,” one fan shouted out. “I remember when you used to be thin,” Votto fired back.
As is usual with us, we can’t remember any of the jokes well enough to tell them—only one reply made by a comedian, Professor Irwin Corey, to a heckler. “When your I.Q. reaches twenty-eight,” Corey told the man, “sell!”
Ballpark
a park or stadium in which ball games (such as baseball) are played
Guile
deceitful cunning : DUPLICITY
Ex:a war that called for guile rather than firepower
Gubernatorial
of or relating to a governor
Ex:the gubernatorial election
To capsize
transitive verb
: to cause to overturn
Ex:capsize a canoe
Avachi
Qui a perdu tout dynamisme
Capiteux
Qui est fort, entêtant ; qui enivre : L’odeur de cet encens est capiteuse enivrant, grisant