deadly difficult Flashcards
OBSEQUIOUS
full of following after
OBSEQUIES
In a funeral cortege, the mourners follow after the corpse
SUPERCILIOUS
contemptuous, sneering, overbearingly conceited people
OBSTREPEROUS
Anyone who is unruly, boisterous, resistant
to authority, unmanageable—and in a noisy, troublesome manner
IMPECUNIOUS
someone who is habitually without funds, who
seems generally to be full of a complete lack of money
PECUNIARY
pertaining to money,
CADAVEROUS
someone who looks like a corpse (figuratively speaking), who is pale, gaunt, thin, haggard,
eyes deep-sunk, limbs wasted, in other words, the extreme opposite of the picture of glowing
health
CADAVER
A corpse, literally, especially one used for surgical dissection.
DECADENT/ DECADENCE
Etymologically, “falling down”. If something is in a decadent state, it is
deteriorating, becoming corrupt or demoralized. Decadence is a state of decay. Generally
decadent and decadence are used figuratively—they refer not to actual physical decay (as of
a dead body), but to moral or spiritual decay.
CASTIGATE
verbal punishment, usually harsh and severe
SELF-ABNEGATE
self-denial
CAPITULATE
arrange in headings, or, you stop resisting and give up
SIMULATION
imitation of a situation or process; pretense
DISSIMULATION`
concealment of one’s thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense
SYCOPHANT
a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage
