Midterm prep Flashcards
Egret
a large white bird with long legs that is a type of heron;
Heron
A large bird with long legs
- Samuel Johnson
was an English writer. He was a poet and playwright, among other things, but he is most famous for writing A Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755.
Scruffy
old and dirty; messy; a scruffy denim jacket; უსუფთაო, ჭუჭყიანი, მოუწესრიგებელი;
Adage
a well-known phrase that say something about life and human experience; e.g. He remembered the old adage “Look before you leap”.
- flip side
the opposite, less good, or less popular side of something; რაიმე მოსაზრების და ა.შ. მეორე / უარყოფითი მხარე;
Roving
Traveling from place to place
Pseudo
pretended and and not real
Rapport
A good understanding of someone in an ability to communicate well with them
Self preservation
Behavior based on the characteristics or feelings that warm people or animals to protect them themselves
Infuse with
To fill someone or something with an emotion or quality
Rigidly
strictly
unpick
to remove the stitches from a line of sewing
Posh
expensive
choosy
picky
haggle
To attempt to decide on a price or conditions that acceptable to the person selling the goods and the person buy
anachronistic
existing out of its time in history
funky
You should describe a salad music usually for dancing with strong Wiz rhythm based on jazz
render
cause something to be in a particular state
obsolete
Replaced by something newer or better or more fashionable
state of the art
very modern
outstrip
to become larger than something else
fringe
the outer or less important part of an area, group, or activity
fad
very popular for a short period of time
naff
not stylish or fashionable
sheepish
embarrassed because you know that you have done something wrong or silly
flash in the pan
Something that happened only once or for a short time, it was not repeated
die hard
takes a long time to disappear
doom
make someone certain to fail be destroyed
quirky
unusual in a attractive and interesting way
gimmick
something that is not of real value to attract people’s attention temporarily
diminutive
very smalli
intangible
impossible to touch
fractionally
by a very small amount
marginally
slightly
niche
a job that is very suitable for someone
circumlocution
An indirect way of seeing something, especially something unpleasant
veganuary
vegan january
mainstream
considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used my most people
skeunomorphism
the design concept of making items represented resemble their real-world counterparts
cogwheel
A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change speed or direction of transmitted motion
floppy
a diskette
fussy
Having too much decoration and too many small details in a way that is not stylish
indie
Pop music that is produced by small companies that are not owned by large company
baffling
confusing
abating
becoming less
alleged
claimed to be true
hostility`
Showing opposition
endearing
Make someone like
vanity
Being too interested in your own appearance
ubiquitous
seen/ done/found everywhere
plausible
believable
mundane
boring
allegedly
Usually something illegal is said to have been done, but not has been proved
round up
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