Monty's Bookmark: May Flashcards
1
Q
Fortnight
A
A period of two weeks.
2
Q
Rivulets
A
A very small stream.
3
Q
Litany
A
A tedious recital or repetitive series.
4
Q
Beam
A
Allusion to the phrase “beam me up, Scotty”; means get me out of this place.
5
Q
Petulance
A
Whininess and irritability.
6
Q
Precocious
A
(Of a child) having developed certain abilities earlier on.
7
Q
Revelry
A
Lively and noisy festivities.
8
Q
Sanctimoniously
A
Hypocritically pious or devout.
9
Q
Soliloquies
A
An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud.
10
Q
Trysts
A
An appointed meeting or meeting place.
11
Q
Propriety
A
The quality or state of being proper.
12
Q
Low-down
A
Mean and unfair.
13
Q
Cinephile
A
A person who is fond of motion pictures.
14
Q
Also-ran
A
A loser in a race or other contest.
15
Q
Alchemy
A
A seemingly magical process of transformation.
