May 2020 Flashcards
Placid
(of a person or animal) not easily upset or excited: this horse has a placid nature.
Desolate
of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness: a desolate moor.
• feeling or showing misery, unhappiness, or loneliness: I suddenly felt desolate and bereft.
Moor- land
Pragmatic
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations: a pragmatic approach to politics.
Deferential
respectful, considerate, attentive, thoughtful; courteous, polite, civil, dutiful, reverent, reverential,
Cerebral
of the cerebrum of the brain: a cerebral hemorrhage | the cerebral cortex.
• intellectual rather than emotional or physical: photography is a cerebral process.
Lofty
of imposing height.
Amble
walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace: they ambled along the riverbank | he ambled into the foyer.
Milieu mil-u
milieus)
a person’s social environment: he grew up in a military milieu.
Despair
the complete loss or absence of hope.
“in despair, I hit the bottle”
Proprieties
oun (plural proprieties)
the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals: he always behaved with the utmost propriety.
• (proprieties) the details or rules of behavior conventionally considered to be correct: she’s a great one for the proprieties.
Brazenly
dverb
in a bold and shameless way: they are brazenly defying the law | [as submodifier] : brazenly bad performances on instruments they can’t play.
Revere rev-ere
feel deep respect or admiration for (something):
Feasible
possible to do easily or conveniently.
“it is not feasible to put most finds from excavations on public display”
Pedagogy
the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.
