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Flabbergasted
Feling shocked, usually because of something you were not expecting:
When they announced her name, the winner just sat there, flabbergasted.
She is flabbergasted by the whole affair.
Uncouth
Rude or unpolished
Tautology
Unnecessary repetition of ideas or statements
Slovenly
Messy in appearance
Scholar
Specialist with advanced education in a subject
Plaintiff
Someone who brings legal action
Pervade
Spread through or permeate
Peerless
Incomparable or unequaled
Nebulous
Cloudy or vague
Baroque
Having bold and complex ornamentation
Piquant
Spicy
Saunter
To walk in a slow, relaxed manner without purpose. Stroll.
Loaf of bread
Rebanada de pan
Agglutinate
To unite or combine
Commodify
To make something commercial, sometimes inappropriately
Disgruntled
In a state of sulky dissatisfaction
Eulogize
To praise formally and eloquently
Indolent
Lazy or inactive
Frivolous
Silly and not serious
Irksome
Irritating or annoying
Berserk
Extremely violent or totally out of control
Abstruse
Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding
Blithe
Showing a cheerful indifference
Conjoin
To combine or join
Discord
Disagreement between people
Disburse
Pay out
Assiduous
Taking great caution with attention to detail
Cajole
To persuade someone to do something through flattery
Caustic
Abrasive or bitterly sarcastic
Officious
Assertive of authority, particularly on trivial issues
Aberrant
Deviating from an accepted or normal way
Debonair
Stylish and suave
Deft
Skillful in physical movement
Derision
Use of ridicule to demonstrate contempt
Disparage
To express a negative opinion or regard as being of little worth
Adamant
Stubborn or refusing to change one’s views
Languorous
Listless or lacking energy
Flounder
To have difficulties or behave awkwardly
Sensible
Reasonable or showing sound judgment
Congeal
To become solid or gelatinous
Disdain
Feeling of intense dislike
Diversion
Activity that deflects your attention
Maudlin
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Churlish
Rude and boorish
Appalling
Causing shock or disgust
Commendable
Worthy of high praise
Interpolate
To insert something between two points
Notoriety
State of being well-known for a bad quality
Pungent
Strong or harsh smell or taste
Unkempt
Not properly maintained or cared for
Deadpan
- A blank, expressionless face.
2. A person, especially a performer, who has or assumes a blank expression.
Matter-of-fact
- Relating or adhering to facts; literal.
- Straightforward or unemotional: “the matter-of-fact tones in which the local guides describe the history of the various places” (New York Times).
Face value
- The value printed or written on the face, as of a coin or postage stamp.
- See par value.
- Apparent significance or value: took their compliments at face value.
Dumbfounded
Astonished or amazed
Appraisal
- the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
- a valuation, as for sale or taxation.
- an estimate or considered opinion. Sometimes, ap•praise′ment.
Disheveled
- Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
2. Marked by disorder; untidy: a disheveled pile of books on the library table.
ill-at-ease
uncomfortable; embarrassed.
“She feels ill-at-ease at parties”
Sparingly
he spends his money sparingly → es cuidadoso con el dinero, mira mucho lo que gasta
we used water sparingly → tuvimos cuidado de no gastar mucha agua
he uses colour sparingly → es parco en el uso de los colores
Gauge
a measuring device; to test; a size: twelve-gauge shotguns; the fineness of knitted fabric: sixty-gauge stockings
Chastise
- to discipline or punish, esp by beating
2. to scold severely
Hogwash
- Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense.
- Garbage fed to hogs; swill.
Chagrin
A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event: To her chagrin, the party ended just as she arrived.
Bewilder
- To confuse or befuddle, especially by being complicated or varied. See Synonyms at perplex.
- To cause to lose one’s bearings; disorient: “The whirling snow bewildered him”
Salutary
- Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
- Favorable to health; wholesome: a salutary climate.
Daft
- Crazy; deranged.
2. Foolish; stupid.
Philanderer
Galanteador.
Philander
1. To have a sexual affair with someone who is not one’s spouse or partner. Used especially of a man.
2. To have many casual sexual affairs. Used especially of a man.
3. Archaic To flirt. Used especially of a man.
Cajole
To persuade someone to do something through flattery
Debonair
Stylish and suave
Derision
Use of ridicule to demonstrate contempt
Disparage
Express a negative opinion or regard as being of little worth
Officious
Meddlesome
To interest oneself in what is not one’s concern : interfere without right or propriety
Assiduous
Showing great care, attention, and effort: marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
Wrought iron
Malleable metal often used to make decorative fences and furniture
Brunt
The greater part or impact
Assuage
Alleviate
Dispel
Drive off
Farcical
Comical
Mellifluous
Smooth or mellow
Pageant
a mere show: PRETENSE
an ostentatious display
Prairie
A large, open area of grassland
Bilious
Feeling or causing nausea
Effulgent
Shining brightly
Radicchio
Reddish or green plant eaten in salad
Umbrage
Feeling of rage, annoyance, or resentment
Setting off on holiday
Start a journey
Get away for a weekend
Go to a place for a rest
Ask my friends to put me up
Ask my friends to let me sleep at their place
Stopped over
Visit a place temporarily
Cache
1a: a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
b: a secure place of storage
discovered a cache of weapons
2: something hidden or stored in a cache
The cache consisted of documents and private letters.
3: a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data
— called also cache memory
Alcove
a small recessed section of a room: NOOK
an arched opening (as in a wall): NICHE
Haggle
transitive verb 1: to cut roughly or clumsily: HACK 2archaic: to annoy or exhaust with wrangling intransitive verb BARGAIN, WRANGLE haggling over the price
Hapless
having no luck: UNFORTUNATE
tale of a hapless sailor
hapless beings caught in the grip of forces we can do little about
— W. H. Whyte
Sleuth
- Detective
2. To act as a detective : search for information
Match wits
match wits (with one) To engage one in a clash or competition of intelligence or shrewd resourcefulness. My friend and I love matching wits whenever we get together, though some people mistake our banter for actual arguments. Don't try to match wits with the professor, John—he'll talk you round in circles.
Shrewd (shro͞od)
adj. shrewd·er, shrewd·est
1. Having or showing a clever awareness or resourcefulness, especially in practical matters.
2. Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
Befuddle
transitive verb
1: to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink
… befuddled with drink all the time.
— Ellen Glasgow
2: CONFUSE, PERPLEX
a problem that still befuddles the experts
Lavish
1: expending or bestowing profusely: PRODIGAL lavish donors lavish in giving praise to her employees 2a: expended or produced in abundance the lavish attentions of his mother — George Meredith b: marked by profusion or excess a lavish feast a lavish home
Ajar
Slightly open
left the door ajar
Erstwhile
in the past: FORMERLY
cultures, erstwhile unknown to each other
— Robert Plank
Wanton
MERCILESS, INHUMANE wanton cruelty b: having no just foundation or provocation: MALICIOUS a wanton attack 2: being without check or limitation: such as a: unduly lavish: EXTRAVAGANT wanton imagination b: luxuriantly rank wanton vegetation 3a: LEWD, BAWDY b: causing sexual excitement: LUSTFUL, SENSUAL 4a: playfully mean or cruel: MISCHIEVOUS
