Chapter 22 Flashcards
gratis
adv. & adj.
Without payment or charge.
itinerant
adj.
Travelling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty: an itinerant judge; itinerant labour.
recapitulate
v.
To repeat in concise form; summarise
waylay
v.
- To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
- To approach and speak to (a person on the way to a destination or in the middle of an activity)
- To interrupt the course or progress of; hinder: travellers waylaid by a storm; an athlete waylaid by an injury.
belie
v.
- To give a false representation to; misrepresent: “He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility”
- To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.
gratuitous
adj.
- Given or granted without return or recompense; unearned.
- Given or received without cost or obligation; free.
- Unnecessary or unwarranted; unjustified: gratuitous criticism.
jaded
adj.
- Worn out; wearied
- Dulled by surfeit; sated: “the sickeningly sweet life of the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes”
- Cynically or pretentiously callous.
suffragist
n.
An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
neologism
n.
- A new word, expression, or usage.
- The creation or use of new words or senses.
petulant
adj.
- Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
- Contemptuous in speech or behavior.
recluse
n.
A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude.
supercilious
adj.
Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
whelp
n. 1. A young offspring of a carnivorous mammal, especially a dog or wolf. 2. a. A child; a youth. b. An impudent boy or young man.
bellicose
adj.
Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament.
consummate
adj.
- Complete or perfect in every respect: consummate happiness.
- Supremely accomplished or skilled: a consummate master
- Complete; utter: a consummate bore.
gregarious
adj.
- Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable.
- Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species.
jaundiced
adj.
- Affected with jaundice.
- Yellow or yellowish.
- Affected by or exhibiting envy, prejudice, or hostility.
nettle
v.
- To sting with or as if with a nettle.
- To irritate; vex.
superlative
adj.
- Of the highest order, quality, or degree; surpassing or superior to all others.
- Excessive or exaggerated.
whet
v.
- To sharpen (e.g. a knife); hone.
- To make more keen; stimulate: The frying bacon whetted my appetite.
belligerent
adj.
- Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.
- Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare.
contemporary
adj.
- Belonging to the same period of time: a fact documented by two contemporary sources.
- Of about the same age.
- Current; modern: contemporary trends in design.
emaciate
v.
To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.
gritty
adj.
- Containing, covered with, or resembling grit.
- Showing resolution and fortitude; plucky: a gritty decision.
jaunt
n.
A short trip or excursion, usually for pleasure; an outing.
