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