English words Flashcards
Ambivalent
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
“some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her”
sycophant
One who flatters for self-gain
“because he is high-ranking, he’s surrounded by sycophants”
misophonia
a condition in which someone is easily annoyed or angered by specific sounds such as dripping water or loud chewing.
she has misophonia and hates the sound of people eating and chewing
capricious
given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour.
“it’s terrible to feel our livelihood hinges on a capricious boss”
hypophrenia
“vague feeling of sadness without any cause”.
he often goes through a series of hypophrenia whenever he drives pass that house
Anaxiphilia
an act of falling in love with the wrong person.
her anaxiphilia keeps her looking for love in all the wrong places.
exulansis
“The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it
She looked around the dinner table at the polite, yet blank faces, and ‘exulansis’ took over.
ineffable
too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
“the ineffable mysteries of the soul”
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