3. glory, savvy, county, vain, sassy, feeble Flashcards
glory
great admiration, honour, and praise that you earn by doing something successfully:
This was her final professional match, and she wanted to end her career in a blaze (shine, flame) of glory.
savvy
having or showing practical knowledge and experience:
Teenagers are savvier about handling their digital information than adults.
He dazzled (blind) the country as a modern, media-savvy politician.
county
a political division of the UK or Ireland, forming the largest unit of local government, or the largest political division of a state in the US:
County Antrim
A county usually consists of several towns and the rural areas that surround them.
Rutland is the smallest county in England.
Texas is divided into 254 counties.
vain
too interested in your own appearance or achievements:
He was very vain about his hair and his clothes.
unsuccessful; of no value:
The doctors gave him more powerful drugs in the vain hope that he might recover.
sassy
rude and showing no respect:
a sassy young girl
confident or showing confidence:
a sassy little black dress
rude but not seriously offensive:
I was a sassy kid who sometimes talked back to my mother.
feeble
weak and without energy, strength, or power:
He was a feeble, helpless old man.
The little lamp gave only a feeble light.
Opposition to the plan was rather feeble.