FF Vocab III Flashcards
perturbed
anxious or unsettled; upset.
“she didn’t seem perturbed about the noises around her”
proletariat
workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism). "the growth of the industrial proletariat" synonyms: working-class people, the common people, the lower classes
reticent
not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.
“she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs”
synonyms: reserved, withdrawn
taciturn
(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
synonyms: untalkative, reticent
inextricable
- impossible to disentangle or separate.
“the past and the present are inextricable”
synonyms: inseparable, indivisible, entangled - impossible to escape from.
“an inextricable situation”
synonyms: inescapable, unavoidable
clandestine
kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.
“she deserved better than these clandestine meetings”
synonyms: secret, covert, furtive, surreptitious
vituperation
bitter and abusive language.
“no one else attracted such vituperation from him”
synonyms: invective, scolding, criticism
lethargy
a lack of energy and enthusiasm.
“periods of weakness and lethargy”
synonyms: sluggishness, inactivity
propegate
- breed specimens of (a plant, animal, etc.) by natural processes from the parent stock.
“try propagating your own houseplants from cuttings”
synonyms: breed, grow, cultivate - spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely.
“the French propagated the idea that the English were violent and gluttonous drunkards”
synonyms: spread, disseminate, communicate
excursion
a short journey or trip, especially one engaged in as a leisure activity.
“an excursion to Mount Etna”
synonyms: trip, outing, jaunt