Day 3 Flashcards
obnoxious
extremely unpleasant.
horrified
extremely shocked
rubberneck
- turn one’s head to stare at something in a foolish manner.
- a person who rubbernecks.
rancid
- highly unpleasant
syn: repugnant.
- smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale.
Syn: rank, putrid
Panglossian
- overly optimistic
prattle
- talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way
“she began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist”
Similar: babble, blather, gabble, jabber
- foolish or inconsequential talk
reprobate
- (adj) unprincipled.
“reprobate behaviour” - (noun) an unprincipled person.
Syn: rogue, rascal, scoundrel, rake
bungle
- (verb) carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently.
“he bungled his first attempt to manage a group of professional players”
Syn: botch, muff, fluff - (noun) a task carried out in a clumsy or incompetent way.
ennui
- a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement
nihilistic
rejecting all religious and moral principles in the belief that life is meaningless.
“an embittered, nihilistic teenager”
rogue
- a dishonest or unprincipled person
- a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant or unpredictable way, typically with damaging or dangerous effects.
salutary
producing good effects; beneficial
balk
- hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
syn: demur from
vacillate
waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive
milieu
thephysicalorsocialsettinginwhichpeopleliveor inwhichsomethinghappens or develops
zany
- very strange and silly
syn: absurd, asinine, ludicrous
fawning
displaying exaggerated flattery or affection
syn: obsequious
solipsistic
very self-centred or selfish
eg. their solipsistic belief that only their cares are the ones of any importance
ineffable
too great, beautiful or powerful to be described or expressed
syn: indescribable, unspeakable
plumb
- (verb) to examine minutely or critically
- (adv) in a direct manner; exactly
“trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central Europe - (adv) without interval of time; immediately
interiority
- inner life, quality, character, or substance
byzantine
- complicated and difficult to understand
syn: involved - of a devious or stealthy procedure
syn: surreptitious, underhand
irascible
easily provoked to anger
syn: irritable, touchy, dyspeptic
oblique
- expressed or done in an indirect way
demonstrative
- freely and openly showing emotion or feelings
- serving as conclusive evidence of something.
“demonstrative evidence”
eviscerate
- deprive (something) of its essential content or force
- To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
visceral
relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.
pat
- said or done without any real thought or effort to be truthful or original
syn: superficial, cursory, glib
- simple and somewhat unconvincing; suspiciously appropriate.
Syn: contrived
- exactly suited to the purpose or occasion
syn: apt or opportune
emend
to correct
mordant
harshly critical, especially in a funny way
smolder
- to feel a strong emotion but keep hidden
“Anna smouldered with indignation”
Syn: seethe, simmer
- exist in a suppressed or concealed state.
“the controversy smouldered on for several years”
highfalutin
pompous or pretentious
syn: affected
ebb
to gradually decrease or worsen
ingenious
clever, original, and inventive
feverish
marked by frenetic excitement or energy.
staid
- boring, dull, unadventurous
- sedate; not impulsive
foil
- (verb) prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding
- (noun) a person or thing that contrasts another
