Misc. 3 Flashcards
culvert
a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway.
festoon
a chain or garland of flowers, leaves, or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration; v.) to adorn with a festoon
bunting
flags and other colourful festive decorations; a loosely woven fabric used to make bunting; a hooded sleeping bag for babies; a songbird related to the finch.
lotus-eater
a person who leads a life of dreamy, indolent ease, indifferent to the busy world; daydreamer.
crocodilian
insincere; hypocritical
malfeasance
Law. the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust).
runnel
a gutter; a brook; a small stream of a particular liquid
scapegrace
a rogue or rascal; etymol. from someone who would escape God’s grace.
excoriate
to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally; 2.) to strip off or remove the skin from
craquelure
a network of fine cracks or crackles on the surface of a painting, caused chiefly by shrinkage of paint film or varnish.
oscitant
- drowsy or inattentive.
2. yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
whiffler
- a person who frequently shifts opinions, attitudes, interests, etc.
- a person who is vacillating or evasive in an argument.
paralogize
to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.
umbra
- shade; shadow.
2. the invariable or characteristic accompaniment or companion of a person or thing.
ataraxia
a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.