Midnight Library Flashcards
Dilapidated
Rundown
worn out
In a state of despair due to age or neglect
Dilapidated sofa
Gangly/ gangling
Tall thin and awkward
Gangly person
Slovenly
Messy, dirty disorganized
(Of person) messy dirty and disorganized
Slovenly person
Made me feel slovenly
Enthrall
To be enthralled is to be captivated or fascinated by something in a way positive and delightful way
I was enthralled by his charm
Archipelago
Small island
Glacier
a slowly moving mass or river of ice and snow formed by the accumulation
Fjord
Feeord
Pronunciation: fiord feeord
The meaning of FJORD is a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes.
Scruffy
Shabby and untidy
Apathetic
Having or showing little or no interest
Something has to give
Sth has to change
Hallow
Verb
To make something holy
Hallowed
Curated
To carefully choose, select and present something
The art was curated by art consultants
Mental Agility
Mental agility is the ability to think and understand quickly
Shrine
Holy place
Superfluous
suPERfluous
unnecessary, especially through being more than enough
Synonyms: surplus, redundant, unneeded
Vapid
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland
Altruism, altruistic
Selflessness, being selfless
Candid
Adj: to be frank
Adj: natural, unposed pictures
Gravitas
If you say that someone has gravitas, you mean that you respect them because they seem serious and intelligent
Someone with gravitas seems dignified, serious, important, often conveying sense of authority or weight to their words and actions
The “important person like CEO or judge” delivered the news with gravitas
Apprehensive
Anxious that something bad will happen
Diplomatic person
Is careful to say or do thigns without offending others
Virtue
Having high moral standards
The quality of being good
Denigrade
To belittle someone, to speak in damaging way
Conform
To comply with standards or rules
To be conventional
The pressure to conform to socially acceptable norms
Heuristic learning
Heuristic learning is a teaching method that encourages students to learn through discovery, experimentation, and problem-solving. It’s based on the idea that people are naturally curious and learn best when they actively engage with their environment
Foreshadowing
Literary device that hints something will happen in the future
Wavelength
A person’s ideas and ways of thinking, esp as it affects their ways of communicating
Eg. We hit it off immediately, we are on the same wavelength
Kaput
No longer functioning
Exuberant
Characterized or filled with livery energy and excitement
To dowse
To take a plunge into water
Omniscient
All knowing, all wise
Jostle
To push people woth your elbows
The crowd at the bar were jostling me
Debacle
A great disaster, a fiasco
Insinuate
To hint or imply something in indirect negative or unpleasant way
Emotionally stunted
Fail to think reflexively about their thoughts and actions
Introspective person
In ward looking person, spends considerable amount of time reflecting on myself
Delinquent payment
Missed payment
Despicable
Despicable person deserves to be despised
Venture on
To dare to do something unpleasant or dangerous
Racking my brain
I was racking my brain to remember
Trying hard to remember something
Change gears/ jump the tracks
Change topic
Clairvoyant
Psychic person
Pronged
Prong
Three pronged fork
To bank on
To rely on
To depend on some future event to happen
You can bank on him to arrive on time
I was banking on it
Stifle a yawn/sneeze
To prevent/stop/avoid yawn/sneeze
Maverick
Someone willing to go against the crowd and do something daring
Lone wolf
To get back into groove
To start functioning as usual,
To return to normalcy
Tacky
Cheap
Corny
Overly sentimental, cheesy or predictable
Life of moderation
The practice of avoiding extremes and finding a healthy balance in life
I’ll mull it over
I’ll think about it
Shot in the dark
Risky
Squandered
To waste in foolish or reckless manner
The profits were squandered
To allow something like opportunity to pass by
Possibilities were squandered
Treading water
maintain an upright position in deep water by moving the feet with a walking movement and the hands with a downward circular motion.
Float in vertical position
Treading water
Is to be in a situation where you are not progressing, but are just continuing to do the same things
