Defining Problems Flashcards
malestrom
a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water.
dearth
an insufficient quantity or number; an acute insufficiency
ponderous
having great mass and weight and unwieldiness;labored and dull; slow and laborious because of weight
lackadaisical
idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way;lacking spirit or liveliness
inscrutable
of an obscure nature
amorphous
without real or apparent crystalline form; lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies; having no definite form or distinct shape
retrograde
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere
recalcitrant
marked by stubborn resistance to authority;stubbornly resistant to authority or control
bedevil
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; treat cruelly
millstone
one of a pair of heavy flat disk
labyrinthine
resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity;relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
vexatious
causing irritation or annoyance
profligate
unrestrained by convention or morality; recklessly wasteful; noun a recklessly extravagant consumer; a dissolute man in fashionable society
intractable
not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
ennui
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
supine
lying face upward; offering no resistance
nettlesome
causing irritation or annoyance; easily irritated or annoyed
privation
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; a state of extreme poverty
disjunction
state of being disconnected; the act of breaking a connection
inimical
not friendly
soporific
sleep inducing; inducing mental lethargy; noun a drug that induces sleep
internecine
characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides; (of conflict) within a group or organization
ossified
changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
