CAOS 2 Flashcards
rain check
A rain check is a free ticket that is given to people when an outdoor game or event is stopped because of rain or bad weather, so that they can go to it when it is held again.
texas chainsaw massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written and co-produced by Hooper and Kim Henkel.
cunning
1 : dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end
2 : characterized by wiliness and trickery
3 : prettily appealing : CUTE
4 : displaying keen insight
a cunning observation
conscientious
1 : METICULOUS, CAREFUL
a conscientious listener
2 : governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience : SCRUPULOUS
a conscientious public servant
bonkers
CRAZY, MAD
fans went bonkers when their team won
exaltation
1 : an act of exalting : the state of being exalted
2 : an excessively intensified sense of well-being, power, or importance
3 : an increase in degree or intensity
exaltation of virulence of a virus
whim
1 : a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : FANCY
quit his job on a whim
2 : a large capstan that is made with one or more radiating arms to which a horse may be yoked and that is used in mines for raising ore or water
indulge
1a : to give free rein to
b : to take unrestrained pleasure in : GRATIFY
2a : to yield to the desire of : HUMOR
please indulge me for a moment
b : to treat with excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration
transubstantiation
Transubstantiation (Latin: transsubstantiatio; Greek: μετουσίωσις metousiosis) is, according to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, the change of substance or essence by which the bread and wine offered in the sacrifice of the sacrament of the Eucharist during the Mass, become, in reality, the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
plebe
1 : a freshman at a military or naval academy
2a : one of the common people : PLEBEIAN
b: an ordinary person who lacks the knowledge of an insider
atrocious
1 : extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel : BARBARIC prisoners subjected to atrocious treatment 2 : APPALLING, HORRIFYING the atrocious weapons of modern war an atrocious accident 3a : utterly revolting : ABOMINABLE atrocious working conditions atrocious weather b : of very poor quality atrocious handwriting
insidious
1a : having a gradual and cumulative effect : SUBTLE
the insidious pressures of modern life
b of a disease : developing so gradually as to be well established before becoming apparent
2a : awaiting a chance to entrap : TREACHEROUS
b : harmful but enticing : SEDUCTIVE
insidious drugs
blasphemous
impiously irreverent : PROFANE
a blasphemous writer
a blasphemous epithet
The claims were blasphemous.
famish
to cause to suffer severely from hunger,
archaic : to cause to starve to death
pièce de résistance
1 : the chief dish of a meal
2 : an outstanding item or event : SHOWPIECE
extol
to praise highly : GLORIFY
incantation
a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic
also : a written or recited formula of words designed to produce a particular effect
perdition
1a archaic : utter destruction
b obsolete : LOSS
2a : eternal damnation
b : HELL
flagellating
1 : WHIP, SCOURGE
2 : to drive or punish as if by whipping
penance
punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing.
a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and is given absolution.
atrocity
1 : a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
the atrocities of war
2 : the quality or state of being atrocious
… the paralysing atrocity of the thought which occupied her.
limbo
1 often capitalized : an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
2a : a place or state of restraint or confinement
trapping travelers in an airless limbo
— Sam Boal
b : a place or state of neglect or oblivion
proposals kept in limbo
c : an intermediate or transitional place or state
the adolescent occupies a special human limbo
— New Republic
d : a state of uncertainty
The graduate was in limbo for a while, trying to decide what to do next.
