DOS Act 1 Flashcards
mercurial
characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood
massacre
the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty; an act of complete destruction
simonize
to polish with or as if with wax
crude
marked by the primitive, gross, or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity
petty
having secondary rank or importance; marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies
pompous
excessively elevated or ornate; having or exhibiting self-importance
insinuate
to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way; imply
approbation
an act of approving formally or officially
incipient
beginning to come into being or to become apparent
commission
a fee paid to an agent or employee for transacting a piece of business or performing a service
scrim
a theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted
incarnate
invested with bodily and especially human nature and form
laconic
using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
stolid
having or expressing little or no sensibility; unemotional
rollicking
boisterously carefree, joyful, or high-spirited
vicious
dangerously aggressive; marked by violence or ferocity
philandering
to have casual or illicit sex with a person or with many people
simultaneously
existing or occurring at the same time : exactly coincident
feasible
capable of being done or carried out
ridden
harassed, oppressed, or obsessed by; excessively full of or supplied with
caliber
degree of mental capacity or moral quality
poised
marked by balance or equilibrium; marked by easy composure of manner or bearing
infinite
extending indefinitely; endless
reminiscences
recall to mind of a long-forgotten experience or fact; accounts of memorable experiences
resolve
fixity of purpose; resoluteness
temperament
characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
content
satisfied
sentiment
an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling; predilection
bashful
socially shy or timid
reluctant
feeling or showing aversion, hesitation, or unwillingness