2nd Day Flashcards
Carouse
V. To drink excessively and be boisterous
Assiduity
N. the quality of being extremely hard working and diligent
Discursive
Adj. changing topics without order; covering a wide range of topics
Disdain
V. To treat with haughty contempt
N. a feeling of contempt
Equivocate
V. To use uncertain or ambiguous language to avoid committing to a perspective or statement
Eschew
V. To avoid deliberately; to shun
Exultant
Adj. filled with great joy or triumph
Lint
N. scraped linen used for dressing wounds
Maudlin
Adj. extremely sentimental or emotionally weak
Miser
N. a person who is cruel and stingy with money
Obsequious
Adj. over attentive and obedient
Opulent
Adj. wealthy
Paunchy
Adj. having a potbelly
Pluck
N. nerve
Plumb
N. a lead weight strung at the bottom of a line to determine a true vertical
V. To measure depth
Prudence
N. the ability and good judgment to govern oneself with the use of reason
Stultify
V. To render useless or ineffectual; to cause to appear stupid
Erudite
Adj. Knowledgeable, scholarly, learned
Hash
V. To mince or chop finely
Laud
V. To praise
Miscreant
N. Troublemaker; villain; heretic
Pusillanimous
Adj. coward
Scrupulous
Adj. Having moral integrity; attentive to detail and exactness