B Flashcards
What is a reputation?
The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.
What does mercurial mean?
Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
What is the patriarchy?
A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
What does anarchic mean?
Unruly and chaotic
What does impulsive mean?
Someone who acts on a whim, without thinking.
What does tempestuous mean?
Someone who is unpredictable and has many conflicting emotions.
What does liberal mean?
Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one’s own; open to new ideas.
What is a social class?
Social class, also called class, a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status.
Wht does contemporary mean?
Living or occurring at the same time.
What does quixotic mean?
Extremely idealistic: unrealistic and impractical.
What does melancholic mean?
A feeling of sadness, typically with no obvious cause.
What is masculinity?
Qualities or attributes regarded as characteristic of men.
What are Challenging conventions?
Going against what is perceived as the norm.
What does ingenuous mean?
(Of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting.
