Lessons 27-29 Flashcards
Ineffable
Cannot be expressed in words
Inexorable
Resolute, determined
Inflammatory
Likely to excite rage or disorder
Insular
Isolated, remote
Intemperate
Excessive
Interlocutor
One who participates in dialogue
Intractable
Hard to manage
Jaded
Bored from the same thing all the time
Jingoism
Aggressively patriotic
Juggernaut
Relentless force
Juxtapose
To place side by side for comparisson
Kinetic
Relating to motion and energy
Legion
Large crowd
Leviathan’s
Something huge; a subaquatic, mythological sea creature
Licentious
Morally flax, profligate, immoral
Mawkish
Overly sweet sentimentally
Melee
Hand-to-hand fight involving several participants
Mendacity
Dishonesty, lying
Milieu
Environment, setting
Multifarious
Varied, diverse
Munificence
Generosity (with money, time, compliments, kindness)
Myopic
Short-sighted, intolerant
Naïveté
Lack of experience or sophistication
Nihilism
Rejection of established values or morality
Nondescript
Featureless and therefore hard to describe
Nonplussed
Confused to the point of being unable to speak