english vocab Flashcards
infinitesimal
adjective, extremly small, tiny, the chances of him succeeding are infinitesimal
contiguous
adjective, sharing a common border, adjecent, the 48 contiguous states
mincing
adjective, moving in a dainty or delicate way, She took short, mincing steps.
strident
adjective, loud and harsh, his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident
punctilious
adjective, showing great attention to detail or correct behvoir, She’s very punctilious about grammar.
corrugate
verb, contract or cause to contract wrinkles, Micky’s brow corrugated in a frown
Nebulous
adjective, hazy, unclear, vauge, She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite.
conceit
adjective, pride in oneslef, he had the conceit to imagine that he might win the prize
ineffable
adjective , too great or too extreme to be expressed or decribed, And we all went beyond this and found something ineffable… an experience of profound mystery
adventitious
adjective, Happening or carried on according to chance, good mistake, It was strange how you can run into people in such an adventitious way
surmise
verb, to suppose something is true without having evidence to support it, assume, infer, he could only surmise what had happened
transitory
adjective, not perminent, People come and go The people, on the other hand, are transitory
phony
not real, lies
pleasure in pain for others
sadistic
uneasy feeling
qualm
dull, lacking intrest
monotonous
unhonest
Unscrupulous
complaining about something small
gripe
whishing to do what is right
Conscientious
filled with passion
impassioned
previous warning
premonition
disrupting
dissoulution
undetectable
imperceptibly
showing remorse for someone
contrite
jeer
making fun, mocking
disagreeing
discordant
rough or harsh in sound
Raucously
billowed
move or flow outward
folly
foolish
stupor
a daze, not paying attention
