Additional Vocabulary 3 Flashcards
insinuate
To suggest or hint
indifference
Lack of interest, concern, or sympathy
elusive
Difficult to find, catch, or achieve
subsequent
Following
rigor
Strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people
flux
The action or process of flowing or flowing out
notion
A conception of or belief about something
conform
Comply with rules, standards, or laws
elicit
Evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone
underscore
emphasize
anecdote
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
complement
A thing that contributes extra features to something else in such a way as to improve or emphasize its quality
compartmentalize
Divide into discrete sections or categories
mystical
Relating to mystics or religious mysticism
pathological
Involving or caused by a physical or mental disease; compulsive, obsessive
nostalgia
A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past
allude
Suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at
entail
Involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence
amateur
Done in an inept or unskillful way; non-professional
illusory
Based on illusion; not real
unorthodox
Contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted
objective
Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions
giddy
Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy; excitable
ambivalence
The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas
diverting
Draw the attention of (someone) away from tedious or serious concerns; entertain or amuse
provincial
Of or concerning a province of a country or empire
