English: Unit Two Words [DONE] Flashcards
1
Q
nominal
A
small amount (in name only)
2
Q
avarice
A
greedy
3
Q
copious
A
large amount
4
Q
wretched
A
miserable
5
Q
stench
A
putrid / gross smell
6
Q
revel
A
to party
7
Q
euphemism
A
Substituting an expression for something that would have been too blunt or embarrassing (?)
8
Q
faux pas
A
awkward social or tactless act (tactless: thoughtless, rude, inconsiderate…)
9
Q
gregarious
A
sociable (think of Greg Glime)
10
Q
cloying
A
kiss ass
11
Q
patronize
A
treated without dignity
12
Q
invoke
A
call out
13
Q
flawed
A
imperfection
14
Q
erudite
A
to be scholarly
15
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anathema
A
someone who is absent on important days (like a student on test days…)
Someone who is disliked by authority(?)
