English - Advanced Adjectives ๐น๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Flashcards
I consider myself a logophile, which means I love words, I heartily enjoy playing around with them and not only in English but also in other languages, such as Finnish and my mother tongue Portuguese.
I feel ambivalent about accepting the job offer, because it pays well but ther work is not interesting.
Iโm not allowed to be creative and if I cannot be, itโs social suicide to me.
Ambivalent - having mix feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
The weather is capricious this time of year, with sunny days followed by sudden rain showers.
Capricious - uncountable change of state, mood or behaviour.
You have such derogatory views on people like me.
The politician flippant comments about trans peopleโs rights, angered the majority of them.
Flippant - not showing a serious or respectful attitude, acting snobby.
The play in the theatre was a grandiose masterpiece.
Grandiose moments I lived, al be that brief, but certainly heartily significant.
Impressive, magnificent.
Grandiose promises.
Her histrionic reaction to the news made her friends doubt her sincerity.
The histrionic speech makes me doubt.
Sometimes I like to act histrionic, al be that I consider myself a horrid actor.
But Iโm not trying to convince no one about nothing.
Histrionic - overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style that comes off as insincere.
Gender incongruousness is the best term to describe someone who does not feel comfortable with the gender that they were assigned with at birth.
Incongruous - not suitable
The juxtaposed paintings on the wall, showed perfectly the contrast between the bright colours of one and dark shades of the other.
I think they juxtaposed the artworks intentionally like that, so we can get that odd feeling about it.
Juxtaposed - put together or near each other for contrast and comparison.
To show clear difference
One of her less laudable characteristics is not letting others finish their sentences.
That is not worthy of praise. Not to mention her dark sense of humour and flippant attitude towards others.
Laudable - deserving praise.
I just noticed a mercurial change in your mood.
Something is genuinely not right.
Mercurial - often changeing in a way that is unexpected.
Your nonchalant response to such worrisome circumstances is laudable.
I personally believe that my nonchalant behaviour to such loathsome attitudes that Iโve came across from ignorant people is indeed a blessing.
Specially on the internet, I shanโt be stressed with that.
But one thing I must assure, keep your unworldly and unkind comments online, so you can have the false feeling of freedom to puke your hate from your fetid bed.
Nonchalant - behaving in a calm or relaxed way and not giving the impression of worry.
His quixotic dream of travelling the world with no money seemed impossible to achieve.
Your idea is quixotic, doesnโt sound realistic, keep your feet on the ground airheaded.
Quixotic - exceedingly idealistic, unrealistic
Airheaded - lerdo, cabeรงa dura,
Her supercilious demeanour towards her audience was met with disapproval.
Her speech often has a supercilious tone, which makes it hard to connect with.
She act extremely supercilious, showing off her superfluous mind.
Egocentric, self-obsessed in a toxic way and it would not stupefy me if she, suddenly, sabotage herself. ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
Supercilious - behave or look as though you are superior to others.
Demeanour- comportamento
Smart phone have become Ubiquitous in modern society.
Those kind of faces and lips molded by fillers, mostly influenced by instagram airheaded subcelebrities have became ubiquitous nowadays.
This lack of elegance is ubiquitous in this modern society.
Ubiquitous (yu-biquรชtรฃs) - very common, found everywhere.
