Lesson 9 Flashcards
Advent
A coming or arrival
Blase
Indifferent to what others might fine pleasurable or exciting because of excessive indulgence or enjoyment; unconcerned
Bravado
An ostentatious display of bravery; defiant or swaggering behavior.
Disparate
Continuing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements
Showing a marked difference or inequality
Domicile
One’s house or place of residence
Fabricate
To make by putting parts together; to construct
To invent in order to deceive
Itinerant
Traveling from place to place
One who goes from place to place
Lilliputian
Extremely small or appearing to be so
Phobia
A strong, irrational fear
Proclivity
A strong inclination toward something
Projectile
An object impelled with force or self-propelled through the air
Queasy
Causing nausea or tending to be nauseous
Causing or experiencing uneasiness; squeamish
Reciprocate
To exchange in kind; to repay
Relegate
To put out of sight or mind;demote
To assign for a decision or further action
Vertigo
Dizziness or a tilting, spinning sensation