List 2 Flashcards
1
Q
acrid
A
sharp, pungent
2
Q
epistle
A
a letter
epistolary - concerned with letters
3
Q
poignant
A
deeply moving
4
Q
respite
A
a break, intermission
5
Q
terse
A
concise, to the point
6
Q
bourgeois
A
middle class
7
Q
languid
A
tired, slow
8
Q
braggart
A
someone who boasts
9
Q
hidebound
A
rigid in opinions
10
Q
languish
A
decay, fade away, get weaker
11
Q
obsequious
A
servile, submissive
12
Q
polemical
A
causing debate or argument
13
Q
equivocate
A
to speak ambiguously, avoid telling the truth
14
Q
larceny
A
theft, robbery
15
Q
ponderous
A
weighty, slow and heavy
16
Q
timorous
A
cowardly, fearful
17
Q
largess
A
generosity
18
Q
pontificate
A
speak pompously or dogmatically
