Monty's Bookmark: May Flashcards
Fortnight
A period of two weeks.
Rivulets
A very small stream.
Litany
A tedious recital or repetitive series.
Beam
Allusion to the phrase “beam me up, Scotty”; means get me out of this place.
Petulance
Whininess and irritability.
Precocious
(Of a child) having developed certain abilities earlier on.
Revelry
Lively and noisy festivities.
Sanctimoniously
Hypocritically pious or devout.
Soliloquies
An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud.
Trysts
An appointed meeting or meeting place.
Propriety
The quality or state of being proper.
Low-down
Mean and unfair.
Cinephile
A person who is fond of motion pictures.
Also-ran
A loser in a race or other contest.
Alchemy
A seemingly magical process of transformation.
Heroine
A woman admired or idealized for her outstanding achievements
Cad
A man who behaves dishonorably.
Reviled
Criticized in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.
Esoteric
Intended for a small group of people.A
Anoints
Ceremonially confer divine or holy office upon by smearing or rubbing with oil.
