Horror Unit Vocabulary Flashcards
amiably
amiably (adj)- good-natured, friendly and pleasantly
S:pleasant
A:crabby
Our waiter amiably served us in the restaurant.
presumptuous
presumptuous(adj)- overly bold or confident; expecting too much
S:overconfident
A:humble
I felt Obama was presumptuous with his expectations with the citizens agreeing to rising taxes.
credulity
credulity(n)- quality of believing too readily; gullibility
S:belief
A:disbelief
Bo had so much credulity that if you said his rainbow afro was on fire, he would believe you
malign
Malign(v)- to say bad things about(someone or something) publicly; to criticize (someone or something) harshly or unfairly
S:dispiteful
A:nice
I could not believe bob had the audacity to malign the disabled child in McDonalds.
prosaic
prosaic(adj)- having the style or direction of prose; lacking poetic buety; ordinary
S:humdrum, drab
A:exciting, unusual
The preschooler’s poem was prosiac.
palpable
Palpable (adj.) - able to be felt; so intense as to be almost able to be felt physically
During the raffle victory was palpable.
s: tangible, real
a: immaterial, imperceptible
condone
condone(v)- to regard something that is considered immoral or wrong in a tolerant way
We all know to not condone cheating on a test.
S: excuse, tolerate
A: acknowledge, object to
debacle
debacle(n)- a sudden disaster, defeat, or humiliating failure
It was a major debacle when the Lions lost to the raiders, when the loins were winning by 28 points in the fourth quarter.
S: calamity, misfortune
A: success, victory
zealous
zealous(adj)- actively and unreserved enthusiastic; full of zeal(passion)
The third string QB was zealous when the 2nd string QB got hurt.
S: eager, passionate
A:apathy
affable
Affable(adj)- good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to
The man on the side of the road is affable because he likes to give people free food.
S:friendly, pleasant, amiable
A:hostile, unfavorable
futile
futile(adj)- having no practical effect or useful result: pointless; useless
A train with a steering wheel is futile.
S:hopeless, wasted
A:valuable, useful
scruple
Scruple(n)- a moral or ethical consideration that tends to restrain action or behavior
(use with an “S” most of the time)
Osama bin laden did not have a good scruples.
S:hesitation, second thought
A:
droll
droll(adj)- amusing in a wry or odd way; oddly entertaining
The bunny dying in “Quitters” was droll to the doctor.
S:comic, absurd
A:dull, uninteresting
equivocate
Equivocate(v)- to speak vaguely or ambiguously, especially in order to mislead
S:elude
A:be honest
During election time, presidents tend to equivocate when telling the country their plan for themselves.
pragmatism
pragmatism(n)- a straightforward practical way of thinking about things or dealing with problems, concerned with results rather than with theories and principles
S:criterion
A:
The way bob solved things, I could tell he was full of pragmatism.
aversion
aversion(n)- a strong feeling of dislike of somebody or something
S:hate, antipathy
A:like
Bob had a huge aversion towards Ohio State since he was a Michigan fan.
clandestine
clandestine(adj)- secret; needing to be concealed, usually because it is illegal or unauthorized
S:hidden
A:legal, known
when Bob smuggled Mexicans over the border he had to make sure that the clandestine operation didn’t fail since the Mexicans often tried to jump out of the duffle bags they were in.
audit
audit (v)- to carry out systematic check or assessment to evaluate efficiency or effectiveness
Every year the investing business has to audit their system to make sure they aren’t losing money
S:review
A:neglect
nonchalantly
nonchalantly(adv.)- calmly; indifferently; unconcerned or casually
S:coolly
A:
When the teacher passed back the test Bob took his so nonchalantly, I knew he already found out his grade.
pernicious
pernicious(adj)- causing serious harm; malicious
S:destructive
A:beneficial
During the football games the parents are always worried their child will be hit hard by a pernicious man.
