English vocab quiz 2 Flashcards
Immune
To be resistant to; not affected by a given influence
Eclectic
Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas; variety of sources
Nocturnal
Belonging to or active during the night
Stereotype
Held ideas or preconceptions about specific groups
Vacillate
Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions
Jovial
Full of high spirits; to describe people who show good humor and are full of joy
Despondent
Without or almost without hope
Quota
specefic number of things
Tumult
A state of commotion and noise and confusion; violent agitation
Quandary
A state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
Commemorate
Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
Pulverize
Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; destroy completely
Inference
Making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions
Camouflage
The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance: disguise
Mosaic
Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass
Parasite
An organism that lives in or on a host (another organism); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host
Cower
Curl up; show submission or fear
Strategy
An elaborate plan of action
Renaissance
The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Formidable
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence
Assimilation
The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Americanization
Assimilation into American culture
