BBB Flashcards
Vindictive (adj)
Revengeful; desire to hurt; spiteful; resentful
Treacly (adj)
Overly sweet or sentimental; cloying
Temporize (v)
To act evasively in order to gain time, avoid argument, or avoid a decision. Delay, stall, procrastinate.
Infelicity (n)
Inappropriate or unpleasing; unfortunate; unhappiness
Vacuity (n)
Emptiness; total lack of ideas; idleness; mindlessness
Dalliance (n)
Frivolous spending of time; dawdling; playful flirtation
Sedulous (adj)
Diligent; assiduous; carefully maintained
Consecrated (v)
To declare or set apart as sacred; to make venerable
Opprobrium (n)
Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy; cause of shame; obloquy; infamy
Fettered (v)
To chain; a restraint
Sanctimonious (adj)
Feigning piety or righteousness.
Tacit (adj)
Not spoken; implied or inferred from actions; understood without being openly expressed
Miscreant (n)
An evildoer; a villain; an infidel; a heretic; reprobate
Reprobate (n/adj/v)
A morally unprincipled person; shameless; to disapprove of; condemn
