Chapter 5 Flashcards
Unscrupulous
Showing no moral principle
Appropriate
Take something for one use typically without others permission
Posthumous
Occurring, awarded or appearing after the death of the originator
Overt
Done or shown openly
Unbridled
Uncontrolled or unrestrained
Blasé
Unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has because one has experienced or seen it often before
Cavalier
Showing lack of concern
Torpedo
Destroy or ruin
Seemly
Decorous
Untoward
Inappropriate, inconvenient, unexpected
Torrid
Hot and dry
Antedate
Precede in time
Sclerotic
Rigid and unresponsive
Ossify
Seize developing
Be standard or rigid
Bastardization
Corrupt or debase
Marginalized
Treat as insignificant or peripheral
Cynicism
Whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile
Herald
A sign that something is about to happen
Clairvoyant
A person who claims to have supernatural ability to predict the future
Nary
Informal or not
Inkling
A slight knowledge or an hint
Presentiment
Feeling about the future
Foreboding
Machiavellian
Cunning, scheming and unscrupulous
Subterfuge
Deceit used in order to achieve ones goal
