#5 Flashcards
vitrious
adj
glass-like in appearence
ex)her face was vitrious, she has a youthfull amd glissinging glow due to her meticulous skin care routine
conjecture
noun
a guess about something based on how it seems rather then on actual proof
ex) i made the conjecture that everyone will do good on the test tomorrow becasue everyone studied snd did the practice test
acuity
noun
the ability to think, see, or hear clearly and with sharp focus
ex) when shes in class, she is able to have great acuity; she can stay focused while others are talking loudly
adulation
noun
great admiration or praise(sometimes greater then nessairy)
ex) i feel lot of adulation towards my grandma because she was a loving and sucesssful women.
mollify
verb
to make someone less angry or upset, to calm someome down
ex) when my friend got upset because she failed her test, i mollified her by taking her out for starbucks
affable
adjective
friendly and easy to talk to
ex)she is an affable person, shes friendly and easy to talk to
quandary
noun
the state ofnot being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation
ex) he had a quandry, he had to decide wheather he shoulf stay up all night studing or go to bed and be semi preppared
Ephermeral
adjectige
lasting or used for a very shot periood of time
ex) the flowers in the garden are ephermeral, they wobt stay alive all year.
disparage
verb
to suggest that somebody or something is not in portant or valuable
ex) she disparaged the idea that her 13 year old blanket was important, it was a pile of loose threads
analogy
noun
a comaprison made to show the simplarities between things
ex) I made the analogy comapiring the idea that peopkle are alot like snowflakes, they are all unike.