General Vocabulary 22 Flashcards
Calisthenics (n)
A form of strength training that utilizes an individual’s body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment.
Three women swung Indian clubs while performing calisthenics in unison
Hoi polloi (n)
The masses; the common people.
Avoid mixing with the hoi polloi.
Proforma (adj) (n)
As a matter of form or politeness.
He nodded to him pro forma.
Pettifogging
Placing undue emphasis on petty details; petty or trivial.
Pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society.
Agitprop (n)
Political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature.
A typeface which made it resemble student agitprop of the Eighties.
Emetic (n)
[A metic]
A medicine or other substance which causes vomiting.
Acreage (n)
An area of land, typically when used for agricultural purposes, but not necessarily measured in acres.
A 35 per cent increase in net acreage.
Kerfuffle (n)
A commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views.
There was a kerfuffle over the chairmanship.
Elegiac (adj)
Relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
Haunting and elegiac poems.
Rambunctious (adj)
Uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous.
A rambunctious tyke.
Cinch (n)
An extremely easy task.
The program was a cinch to use.
Scatological (adj)
Relating to or characterized by an interest in excrement and excretion.
The entertainment industry was painted as scatological and hedonistic.
Cannonade (n)
A period of continuous heavy gunfire.
The French attack began with a cannonade.
Foofaraw (n)
Make a great fuss about something insignificant
How enduring can the foofaraw of a marketing campaign be?
Scrumptious (adj)
Extremely tasty; delicious (of food).
A scrumptious chocolate tart.
