20 Vocab Words Part 28 Flashcards
give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity.
Lionize
about to happen.
overhanging.
Imminent
occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.
Sporadic
deny or contradict (a fact or statement).
speak against or oppose (someone).
Gainsay
unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.
Superfluous
ineffective or bungling; clumsy.
Maladroit
repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
evade (a responsibility or duty).
Abrogate
pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.
Schadenfreude
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
Facetious
not particularly attractive or appealing to the eye.
Unprepossessing
remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation).
remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance.
Redress
a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.
a name or noun formed after a person.
Eponym
extract (information) from various sources.
collect gradually and bit by bit.
Glean
alteration of the composition or structure of a rock by heat, pressure, or other natural agency.
Metamorphism
a person who has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty.
Aesthete
