OMAM vocab Flashcards
Contempuous
showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful
pugnacious
inclined to quarrel
Indignation
strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
Reprehensible
deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
bemused
bewildered or confused
Scourge
cause great suffering to.
Floozy
a gaudily dressed, usually immoral woman, especially a prostitute,
a girl or a woman who has a reputation for promiscuity.
morose
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
grayback
Confederate soldier
Belligerent
hostile and aggressive
Swamper
a laborer, especially one employed as a general assistant to a river boat
Cesspool
a cistern, well, or pit for retaining the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house.
euchre
A card game played with two to four players, using the 32 highest cards in the deck.
hutch
A small pen or enclosed area for small animals
Hoosegow
A prison
flounce
go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner.
aloof
reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested
lynch
to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
Brusque
Abrupt in Manner; rough;blunt
Derision
ridicule; mockery:
jerkline
a rope used in place of reins to guide a large team of horses.
