New Deck Flashcards
Decoy
Verb: to lure and entice from their intended course, typically into a trap
Eg: attempting him to decoy into a trap
Transgression
Noun: an act of breaking the law, rule, code of conduct
Eg: transgression of the law
Courtesan
High end prostitute in the 1500s and 1600s
Ineptitude
Incompetence
Having or showing no skills, or clumsy
Inept is the adjective.
Some inept individuals relentlessly apply for difficult jobs
Nuanced
Adj: expressing distinct but subtle shades of meaning. Life is wonderfully nuanced.
Having nuance: is to have subtle but distinct characteristics, qualities, attributes that define you
Confide
Verb: to confide in someone means to trust someone enough to reveal a private matter or secret.
Beguile
To charm someone often in misleading and deceptive way
“Think you can smooth-tongue me, trick me, beguile me?”
Circa
Approximately, around [time]
Circa 1970 would mean around 1970s
Discernible
Perceptible, able to be perceived
The fine lines were discernible.
(The very small difference is visible)
Exude
To display an [energy]
To emanate, to radiate
She exudes confidence
Plateau
A state of no change after an activity
She reached a plateau with her s/o
Antsy
Agitated, irritated, fidgety
Antsy
Agitated irritated fidgety
Temperament
A person’s nature that they are born with. This can be exuded in physical, mental, and emotional traits
Examples: his impulsive temperament always got him into trouble
Her tranquil temperament provided pleasant aura around her
Gimmick
A gimmick is a trick to attract people’s attention
Or a nightout w friends probably to attract attention as well
Discrepancy
A difference between two things/people, especially an unexpected one
Pretentious
Is when someone attempts to pretend to be better than one actually is
Pretend-cious
Wistful
Regretful
Nostalgic
Yearning
Thread the needle
To play or move as if you are threading the needle
To cautiously proceed at a difficult situation
Covertly
Secretly
They moved him covertly into an asylum
To best
To outwit(to defeat) someone
To get the better of someone in a competition
Put a lid on something
To stop sth from growing by putting a lid on it.
To put an end to sth
Construe
To interpret (a word or action) in particular way
To analyze the syntax of (sentence, what someone has just said)
Example: his frustration was construed(interpreted) as anger
His jealousy was often construed as toxic behavior
Dissipate
To disappear
Fluke
Sth that happened as a surprise( can be positive or negative)
An unexpected event
Example: he was a fluke
Fluke
An unlikely chance of occurrence
A happenstance
A luck
Can be interpreted in positive or negative way
Exhaustive
A comprehensive, all-inclusive
Smoldering look
Is a sexually charged look
Melodramatic
An exaggerated emotional
Over dramatic
A person of substance
A person with money, power, or influence
Up in arms
Enraged
Angry about sth
Assimilate
To understand [culture]
To take in or understand fully
Hormone casserole
Raging hormones
Hot and under the collar
Gets angry and irritated about small things
Eg. Why do you get all hot and under the collar when we’re out drinking?
Complacent
Complacent person is a person who feels very pleased with themselves even tho the situation is uncertain
Showing smug
Complicit
Involving a crime or illegal activity
She was accused of being complicit about the neighbor’s break in
Bleak
Depressing
Not hopeful
True-blue
Adj. Loyal, faithful
He is my true-blue friend
Incorporate
To include
To take in or contain
To embody
Altruism
Altuistic
Altruism is the act of being selfless for the wellfare of others
An altruistic person is a person who sacrifices themselves for the good of others, selfless, not selfish person
Candid
To be candid would mean to be frank
Or an unposed honest frank natural picture
Adversity
Difficulty, misfortune
We faced some adversity at work
Demeanor
Outward behavior
Ambivalent
Ambiguous
having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action
Example: she was feeling ambivalent of her feelings on the matter
To berate someone
To criticize someone angrily
Her parents berated when she came home past curfew
To scold
To speak to someone in angrily manner because of their behavior
Divert
To divert someone would mean to change their course or change their direction into something else
Or
To distract someone
Squeamish
To feel nauseous, disgust caused by unpleasant images
Inauguration
The formal admission of somoen to the presidential office
Trump’s attempt at second presidential inauguration
Bogeyman
When someone used as an example for showing disapproved behaviors
Corny
Cliche, full of emotions in a good/bad way
Synonym: trite(overused)
Tacky
Trashy and cheap
Snob
Is a person who thinks superior than others
I don’t want my kid to go to private school and become a snob
Smug
Is a person who is self pleased and feels prideful
Synonym: egotistic
Quirk
An odd habit
An idiosyncrasy
Everyone has their quirks
Solicitous
Concerned
Caring
Attentive
She was always solicitous of others well being
To obscure
To conceal to hide
Her actions obscure the truth
Disperse
LA is a widely dispersed city
Disperse
LA is a widely dispersed city
Integrity
The honesty and strong moral principles of someone that you refuse to change
The true integrity of someone
Convention
The way things usually are done
The norm
The social conventions dictate that we marry around the ages of 25-30 and get our life together by 35, but in reality it’s so hard to live up to social norms
