List 3 Flashcards
1
Q
affront
A
an action or remark that causes outrage or offense.
2
Q
blase
A
bored, uninterested, satiated.
3
Q
cajole
A
to coax
4
Q
choleric
A
easily angered.
5
Q
encumber
A
to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); fill up, block up, hinder.
6
Q
feckless
A
lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable.
7
Q
impasse
A
blocked path; dilemma with no solution.
8
Q
idolent
A
habitually lazy or idle.
9
Q
lugubrious
A
sorroful; mournful, dismal.
10
Q
ribald
A
humorous in a vulgar way.
11
Q
adulation
A
excessive flattery or admiration.
12
Q
censure
A
to criticize harshly.
13
Q
dissemble
A
to diguise or conceal; to mislead.
14
Q
dissumlation
A
the act of deceiving.
15
Q
droll
A
amusing in a wry, subtle way.
