Manhattan 3 Flashcards
squalid
(of places) extremely dirty and unpleasant, often because of lack of money:
(of situations and activities) not moral; involving sex and drugs, etc. in an unpleasant way:
lunatic
someone who behaves in a silly or dangerous way:
a person who is mentally ill
asylum
protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war:
a hospital for people with mental illnesses
hinterland
an undesirable place
tony
stylish and expensive:
auxiliary
a person whose job is to give help or support to other workers:
effete
weak and without much power:
whet
to make keen or eager; stimulate:
accrue
to increase in number or amount over a period of time:
astounding
very surprising or shocking:
botched
(of a task) carried out badly or carelessly.
booming
making a deep and loud hollow sound:
increasing or becoming successful and producing a lot of money very quickly:
groaning
a deep, long sound showing great pain or unhappiness:
a complaining noise or phrase:
patrimony
the property that someone gets from their father after his death
Bedizen
dress up or decorate gaudily.
irate
very angry:
Cahoots / collude / conspire
to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone:
solipsistic
relating to or characteristic of solipsism (= the belief that only your own experiences and existence can be known or are important):
fulmination
strong criticism or protest:
Ululation / ululate
To make noise with mouth and tounge
sophistry
the clever use of arguments that seem true but are really false, in order to deceive people
boosterism
the keen promotion of a person, organization, or cause.
muckraking
the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people.
prosecution
the process of officially accusing someone in a court of law of committing a crime:
prattle
a lot of silly talk about things that are not important:
Agog
very eager or curious to hear or see something.
mutinous
refusing or not willing to do what you are told to do:
indelicate
showing a lack of awareness of socially correct behavior: / indecent
plangent
(of sounds) deep, low, and expressing sadness:
seething
extremely angry but unable or unwilling to express it clearly:
farcical / farce
very silly, unlikely, or unreasonable, often in a way that is humorous:
ecumenical
tending to support and encourage unity among different religions:
evocative
making you remember or imagine something pleasant:
stygian
extremely and unpleasantly dark:
unkempt
untidy; not cared for:
adumbrate
to give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will happen in the future:
ratify
(especially of governments or organizations) to make an agreement official:
purportedly
in a way that is stated to be true, although this may not be the case:
pretended to be
Risqué / ribald
(of jokes or stories) slightly rude or shocking, especially because of being about sex
Pander to someone
to please other people by doing or saying what you think they want you to do or say
congenial
friendly and pleasant:
fester
(of a negative feeling or a problem) become worse or more intense, especially through long-term neglect or indifference.
(of a wound or sore) become septic
gallivant
go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.
tergiversate
equivocate
traipse
to walk from one place to another, often feeling tired or bored:
Passé
no longer fashionable:
sere
dry
disgraced
having lost people’s respect because of bad behaviour that has been made public:
defile
to spoil the goodness or beauty of something:
wallow
To wallow in an emotion or situation is to stay in that state without trying to change:
(esp. of animals) to lie or roll about slowly in deep, wet earth, sand, or water:
