Freshman English semester 1 Flashcards
Ecstatic
Beyond reason and self control, very excited
Fastidious
Hard to please
Frowsting
Lounging
Swathe
A row of cut grass
Frond
A large leaf
Superfluity
Extra, unnecessary, excess, overflowing
Sultry
Very hot and humid
Incredulously
Skeptical, unbelieving
Slaking
Quench or satisfy with water
Empathy
Being aware of and sharing another person’s experiences, usually pain
Invincibility
Incapable of being defeated
Pejorative
Derogatory, demeaning
Moral relativism
The belief that anyone can have their own morals-doesn’t work, morals clash
Erstwhile
In the past, formerly
Orgy
A wild, secret ceremony in honor of a god; also, a drunken revelry
Lionize
Treat as a celebrity
Taciturn
Silent by nature
Vulgarian
Vulgar person
Compatriot
Person from one’s own country; accomplice
Adulation
To flatter or admire slavishly
Nonchalantly
Having a confident and easy manner, not excited
Smirch
To dirty
Hullabaloo
Uproar, din
Multiculturalism
Appreciation of cultural diversity
Litotes
Affirm in the negative
Bivouac
Temporary camp
Glass
Mirror
Etymology
The study of the origins and history of a word
Auca
Means savage–Native Peoples the Missionaries reached and were killed by
Bootless
Useless
Numbers–Psalm of life
Psalm of Life–Words