Ben Button Vocab Flashcards
responsive to or appreciative of what is pleasurable to the senses; pertaining to
the sense of what is beautiful
aesthetic (adj)
a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially; one from a former age
anachronism (noun)
something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified
anomaly (noun)
a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom
apparition (noun)
to gift or give
bestow (verb)
a widow holding property or a title from her deceased husband; a dignified elderly
woman
dowager (noun)
having or assuming the relation of a child or offspring
filial (adj)
a person’s manner of walking
gait (noun)
strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way
grotesque (adj)
lacking sense, significance, or idea; preposterous
inane (adj)
harmful but enticing
insidious (adj)
tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy
invidious (adj)
to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil:
mar (verb)
enrolled as a member of a body and especially of a college or university
matriculation (noun)
resistant to persuasion or softening influences
obdurate (adj)
language
parlance (noun)
next to the last
penultimate (adj)
Relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero; adolescent coming-of-age story—Huckleberry Finn
picaresque (adj)
a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability
prodigy (noun)
habitually complaining
querulous (adj)
without
sans (adj)
seventy (+) years old
septuagenarian (adj)
a type of four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
phaeton (noun)
a light closed horse-drawn carriage with the driver outside in front
brougham (noun)
something in literature that refers to something biblical or mythological.
allusion (noun)
an ancestor of Noah believed to have lived 969 years; oldest person in the
Hebrew bible–ALLUSION
Methuselah (noun)
mythical immortal man The original legend concerns a Jew who taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion and was then cursed to walk the earth until the Second
Wandering Jew (noun)
existing before a war; especially :existing before the American Civil War
= before
= anger, war, dangerous
Ante-bellum (adj)
Ante =
Bellum/ Bell =
personally acceptable or welcome
= unwelcome, shunned
= person
= welcome
persona grata (noun)
(persona non grata) =
persona =
grata =
