Chapter 11 Flashcards
to startle into sudden activity
Syn: to stimulate
galvanize
a facial expression of fear, disapproval, or pain;
to make such an expression
Syn: scowl
grimace
ic, id
suffix
of, like
bucolic, acrid, relic
warm, friendly
Syn: cordial, pleasant, amiable
genial
of huge or extraordinary size and power
Syn: gigantic, huge
gargantuan
a person who annoys others, especially by rousing them from complacency
gadfly
the whole range or extent
gamut
done in a stealthy or secretive manner
Syn: secret, surreptitious, sneaky
furtive
a long, noisy speech or lecture;
to make such a speech
Syn: tirade, declamation
harangue
to bring to nothing; to thwart, to baffle
Syn: balk, thwart, hinder
frustrate
fond of the company of others; belonging to a flock
Syn: sociable, friendly
gregarious
to torment another
Syn: harass, pester
harry
lacking social grace
Syn: awkward; tactless
gauche
cosm
root
world, universe
cosmic, Cosmo, cosmopolitan
hatefully or shockingly evil
Syn: abhorrent, anathematic, horrid
heinous
