20 Vocab Words Part 8 Flashcards
1
: disagreeably harsh or strident
2
: boisterously disorderly
Raucous
to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively —often used with in or to
Acquiesce
the quality or state of being fed or gratified to or beyond capacity
Satiety
to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
Incite
expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn
Derisive
to pierce with a turning or twisting movement of a tool
Bore
1
a : a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby
b : an enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car
2
: any of various bodily cavities especially when serving as or resembling an entrance to some other cavity or space: such as
Vestibule
not flowing in a current or stream
Stagnant
to make more violent, bitter, or severe
Exacerbate
the curved end of a ship’s prow; especially : the beak of a war galley
Rostrum
to throw into shadow or to confuse
Obfuscate
characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
Grandiose
1
: to assault violently : beat, whip
2
: to attack verbally
Lambasted
1
: the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : treachery
2
: an act or an instance of disloyalty
Perfidy
traveling from place to place; especially : covering a circuit
Itinerant
