2nd Batch Flashcards
Elated
Elated > ecstatic
More than happy
“I am elated to be here with you today”
Patchwork
Pinagtagpi tagping tela
“Interesting patchwork you have made for your shirt.”
Quilt
Malaking tela with warm padding kept in place by stitching (decorative)
Unsolicited
Not asked for
Done voluntarily
“I try not to give anyone unsolicited advice”
Restrospectively
With consideration of past events/situation
“you will look back on your life and cringe retrospectively”
Deemed
regard or consider in a specified way
“Even the term cringe might someday be deemed cringe”
Revolting
causing intense disgust
“You’re probably doing or wearing something right now that you will loock back on later and find revolting and hilarious”
Squirm
wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort
“You shouldn’t squirm”
Stigma
a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
“It seems to me that there is a false stigma around eagerness”
Ambivalent
having mixed feelings
contradictory ideas about something or someone
“I felt very ambivalent about leaving home”
Perpetuate
indefinitely (typically undesirable situation or unfounded belief)
“This outlook perpetuates the idea that its not cool to want it.”
Ensnare
catch in
trap
“Sometimes a string of words just ensnares me and I can’t focus on anything”
