English Vocab 3 Flashcards
Garish
(Adjective) crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration. Excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings
Furtive
Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive
Anathema
Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes
Curio
A rare, unusual, or intriguing object
Akimbo
Adverb: with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
Adjective: (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body
Daffy
Silly; mildly eccentric
Heath
A tract of wasteland
or
An extensive area of open uncultivated land with poor soil and drainage and a surface rich in peat or peaty hummus
Megillah
Slang for a long, involved account. Also, a complicated sequence of events, or “everything involved in what is under consideration”
Vog
Smog or haze containing volcanic dust and gases
Meliorism
The belief that the world tends to improve and that humans can aid its betterment.
Ebullient
- Cheerful and full of energy.
- Boiling or agitated as if boiling.
Soliloquy
An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
Gibber
Speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock.
Obeisance
A gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy.
Clandestine
Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.
Puerile
Childishly silly and trivial
Dulcet
Sweet to the taste, pleasing to the ear, generally pleasing or agreeable
Coterie
An intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
Capricious
Governed or characterized by caprice: impulsive, unpredictable
Caprice
A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior
