Nickel Boys Ch. 1-7 Flashcards
apprise
inform someone of something
avuncular
resembling an uncle in kindness or indulgence
bravado
a swaggering show of courage
earmark
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
epithet
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
facet
a distinct feature or element in a problem
gamely
in a plucky or sporting manner
genteel
marked by refinement in taste and manners
haphazard
marked by great carelessness
inalienable
incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
inflection
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
inscrutable
difficult or impossible to understand
insolent
marked by casual disrespect
comportment
manner of behaving or conducting oneself; bearing
euphemism
an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
harangue
address forcefully
harbinger
something indicating the approach of something or someone
indignation
a feeling of righteous anger
fastidious
giving careful attention to detail
recalcitrant
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
truancy
failure to attend, especially school
malapropism
misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
mottled
having spots or patches of color
shiftless
lacking ambition or initiative
resiliency
an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
transgression
the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
impart
transmit, as knowledge or a skill
implicated
culpably involved
exuberant
joyously unrestrained
intonation
rise and fall of the voice pitch
