First 20 Flashcards
Meager
Having little flesh, lean. Deficient, lacking in fullness/richness
Contrived
Obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained (i.e. a contrived story)
V. To plot or plan with ingenuity, devise, or intent
Eddy
A contrary or circular movement (as of thought or policy). A current of air or water running contrary to the main current
Tableaux
(Or tableaus) graphic representations or descriptions. Depictions of scenes usually presented on a stage by silent and motionless costumed participants
Interminable
Having or seeming to have no end
Proletariat
The class of wage-earners, esp. those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class in 1984, called “proles”
Urbane
Notably polite or polished in manner
Renegade
A deserter of one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
Claptrap
Pretentious nonsense; trash
Specious
Having deceptive attractiveness or allure. Having a false look of truth or genuineness. Showy
Compendium
A brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge
Equivocal
Subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
(Equivocate=lie)
Myriad
10,000; a great number
Protuberant
Thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass
Quicksilver
Mercury; resembling or suggestive of quicksilver, esp. mercury
