I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Vocab part 1 Flashcards
Animosity
ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility: an antagonistic attitude
Apprehension
suspicion or fear especially of future evil: FOREBODING
Benign
of gentle disposition: GRACIOUS
Berate
to scold or condemn vehemently and at length
Bombastic
marked by or given to BOMBAST: POMPOUS OVERBLOWN
Cacophony
harsh or discordant sound 2 specifically: harshness in the sound of words or phrases
Ceaseless
continuing without CEASE: CONSTANT
Heinous
hatefully or shockily evil:ABOMINABLE
imperceptible
not perceptible by a sense or by the mind: extremely sligh, gradual , or subtle
Impermanent
not permanent TRANSIENT
Impudent
marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disrefard of others: INSOLENT
Magnanimous
showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind
Perfunctory
1 characterized by routine or superficiality: MECHANICAL
2:lacking in interest or enthusiasm
Placate
to soothe or mollify especially by concessions: APPEASE
Pretentious
exxpresssive of affected, unwarranted or exaggerated importance, worth or stature
Recourse
1a: a turning someone or something for help or protection b: a source of help or strength
Torturous
Painfully difficult or slow
Tribulation
distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
unscrupulous
not scrupulous:UNPRINCIPLED
Vernacular
1a: Using a language or dialect native region or country rather than a literary cultured foreign language b of relating to or being nostandard language dialect of a place region or country c: of relating to or being the normal spoken forma of a language
