Impromptu Flashcards
Inveterate
Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change
Libelous
with the purpose of damaging someone’s reputation
Opulence
Great wealth or luxuriousness
Autonomy
Synonym of independence
Recidivism
The tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend
Jubilation
A feeling of great happiness and triumph
Hedonism
The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence
Bombast
Bragging; High-sounding language with little meaning; used to impress people
Pretension
The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Instigate
Initiate
Codify
Arrange according to a plan or system
Tantamount
Equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same
Toadies
Person who behaves obsequiously
Abberration
A departure from what is normal, usual or expected, typically an unwelcome one
Ramification
A complex or unwelcome consequence to an action or event
Habiliments
Clothing
Transcendent
Beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience
Drab
drearily dull, dull light brown colour
Iridescent
Colorful, lustrous or brilliant
Culpability
Responsibility of fraud or wrong
Ethos
Culture
Gingerly
Carefully and cautiously
