Group 511 - Day 08 Flashcards
glowing
expressing great praise
roost (of a bird)
settle or congregate for rest or sleep
ample
enough or more than enough
chagrin
distress or embarrassment at having failed
uphold
confirm and support
slippery (of a word or concept)
elusive in meaning because changing according to point of view
to coin
to invent or devise (a new phrase or term)
cant
language particular to a specific group or profession
acquiescent
ready to accept something without protest
surreptitiously
done in secret because it would not be approved of
oversight
an unintentional failure to notice or do something
slender (of something abstract)
barely sufficient in amount or basis
trumped
beaten by something or someone better
to outweigh
to be greater or more significant than
inmate
prisoner
to ogle
to stare in a manner that expresses inappropriate sexual desire
someone’s lot
a person’s condition in life
lexicographer
a person who compiles dictionaries
heir
a person who inherits and continues the work of a predecessor
liquor
distilled alcoholic drink
sturdy
resistant; strongly built
soliloquy
act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud
wrinkles
slight fold in something (such as the skin of the face)
fredisaster
an absolute catastrophe
asshulk
a contemptible person; a person with a large behind
hashattack
a flurry of messages around a given hashtag; an excess of hashtags for an individual picture/message
instagossip
gossip generated by a given Instagram picture; instant gossip generated by a scandalous event
raindy
rainy and windy weather; the weather of Curitiba
