34 Flashcards
Fulmination
An expression of vehement protest
Ululation
Wail as an expression of strong emotion
Sophistry
Fallacious argument
Boosterism
Enthusiastic promotion of a person or organization
Aspersions
An attack on the reputation of someone or something
Prattle
Talk at length in a foolish and inconsequential way
Incorrigible
Can’t be corrected or improved
Indelicate
Lack of sensitive understanding or tact
Seemliness
Decorous
Superannuated
Obsolete
Old
Plangent
Loud reverberating and often melancholy
Seething
Bubble up through being boiled(anger)
Move in a rapid or hectic way
Baying
Bark or howl loudly
Farce
An absurd event
Ecumenical
Promoting unity
Callous
Showing or having insensitive or cruel disregard for others
Adduced
Cite as evidence
Adumbrate
Outline
Hemorrhage
Escape of blood
Spend money in a seemingly uncontrollable manner
Loss of valuable people or resources
Purported
Pretend to be
False
Masquerade
Fester
Become worse or bad
Suppurate
Fester
Septic
Infected by bacteria
Officious
Assertive if authority in a domineering way