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