15 & 16 Flashcards
aficionado
an enthusiastic fan or admirer
bravado
false display of bravery
embargo
a government order for not allowing trade with another country
flotilla
a small fleet of boats or ships
hacienda
a large estate or ranch
incommunicado
without a way to communicate
junta
A group of military leaders who seize and hold power over a country
peccadillo
a small fault
peon
an unskilled laborer or farm worker
renegade
an outlaw rebel, deserter
appreciable
noticeable able to be perceived
breadth
width: distance from side to side
copious
plentiful: abundant
gargantuan
gigantic: immerse of size
innumerable
too many to count
inordinate
exceeding reasonable limits
negligible
not enough to consider
paucity
smallness of number
pittance
a very small amount : an inadequate wage
proliferate
to multiply, or increase spread rapidly
