life Flashcards
Pithy
Terse
Dowdy
Unfashionable and unstylish in appearance
Redolent
Strongly reminiscent of
Intransigence
refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something.
Despondent
hopeless
Alacrity
Cheerful promptness
Connivance
willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.
Frugal
sparing or economical as regards money or food
Zeal
Passion; ardour; great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.
Embargo
an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
Pique
1a : to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff sly remarks to pique their curiosity. b : pride he piques himself on his skill as a cook.
2 : to arouse anger or resentment in : irritate what piques linguistic conservatives
Connivance
willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.
Coy
(especially with reference xsxto a woman) making a pretence of shyness or modesty which is intended to be alluring.
Fundamentalist
strict adherence to some belief or ideology (especially religious)
Perspicacious
having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
Vain
- having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth.
- producing no results; futile; useless
regaled
entertain or amuse (someone) with talk.
Raillery
good-humoured teasing.
Woeful
- characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery.
- very bad
Venality
Open to money, corruption
Perpetual
constant
Goad
provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
Salubrious
Heatlhy
Affected
- influenced or touched by an external factor.
2. artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress.
Aptly
in a manner that is appropriate or suitable in the circumstances.
Descry
catch sight of.
Righteous
morally right or justifiable.
Self-righteous
having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior; sanctimonious; priggish
