Dictionary Flashcards
Poofter
noun
a man who is considered effeminate or homosexual
a contemptible person
Odious
adjective
deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting
Insipid
without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid:
an insipid personality.
without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland:
a rather insipid soup.
Rakish
adjective
smart; jaunty; dashing:
a hat worn at a rakish angle.
Demure
adjective de·mur·er, de·mur·est.
characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate.
Uncouth
adjective
awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly:
uncouth behavior;
an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
strange and ungraceful in appearance or form.
unusual or strange.
Gauche
adjective
lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness;
awkward; crude; tactless:
Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
Fait Accompli
noun plural faits ac·com·plis.French.
an accomplished fact; a thing already done:
The enemy’s defeat was a fait accompli long before the formal surrender.
Irascible
adjective
easily provoked to anger; very irritable:
an irascible old man.
characterized or produced by anger:
an irascible response.
Crass
adjective crass·er, crass·est.
without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
Haughty
adjective haugh·ti·er, haugh·ti·est.
disdainfully proud; scornfully arrogant; snobbish; supercilious:
haughty aristocrats;
a haughty salesclerk.
Archaic.
lofty or noble; exalted.
Acerbic
adjective
sour or astringent in taste:
Lemon juice is acerbic.
harsh or severe, as of temper or expression:
acerbic criticism.
Droll
adjective droll·er, droll·est.
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
Progenitor
noun
a biologically related ancestor:
a progenitor of the species.
a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor:
the progenitor of modern painting.
Prescience
noun
knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
Fastidious
adjective
excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please:
a fastidious eater.
requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.
Acrimonious
adjective
caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.:
an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute.
Gomer
An undesirable hospital patient
Precocious
adjective
unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development:
a precocious child.
prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
of or relating to premature development.
Daft
Adjective
silly, foolish, or lacking common sense.
Example sentences:
1. He came up with a daft idea to sell ice cream in the middle of winter.
2. You’d be daft to go hiking in that storm without checking the forecast.
Desultory
(adjective) – lacking a clear plan, purpose, or enthusiasm; occurring randomly or occasionally; disconnected or jumping from one thing to another.
Example sentences:
1. After a few desultory attempts at cleaning the garage, he gave up and went inside to watch TV.
2. The conversation at dinner was desultory, skipping from politics to vacation plans without any real focus.
Petulant
Adjective.
childishly sulky, irritable, or bad-tempered—usually in response to something not going one’s way.
Example sentences:
1. She grew petulant when her suggestions were ignored during the meeting, crossing her arms and refusing to speak further. 2. His petulant response to the delay—slamming his phone on the table—caught everyone off guard.
