Pile 6 Flashcards
Idiosyncratic
(adj.) peculiar to one person; highly individualized
I know you had trouble with the last test, but because your mistakes were highly idiosyncratic, I’m going to deny your request that the class be given a new test.
Ignominious
(adj.) humiliating, disgracing
It was really ignominious to be kicked out of the dorm for having an illegal gas stove in my room.
Imperious
(adj.) commanding, domineering
The imperious nature of your manner led me to dislike you at once.
Iconoclast
(n.) one who attacks common beliefs or institutions
Jane goes to one protest after another, but she seems to be an iconoclast rather than an activist with a progressive agenda.
Impecunious
(adj.) poor
“I fear he’s too impecunious to take me out tonight,” the bratty girl whined.
(adj.) commanding, domineering
Imperious
Impassive
(adj.) stoic, not susceptible to suffering
Stop being so impassive; it’s healthy
to cry every now and then.
Laceration
(n.) a cut, tear
Because he fell off his bike into a rosebush, the paperboy’s skin was covered with lacerations.
Acerbic
(adj.) biting, bitter in tone or taste
Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.
Acquiesce
(v.) to agree without protesting
Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay outside and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he acquiesced to her demands.
Acrimony
(n.) bitterness, discord
Though they vowed that no girl would ever come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.
(adj.) humiliating, disgracing
Ignominious
(adj.) poor
Impecunious
(adj.) peculiar to one person; highly individualized
Idiosyncratic
(n.) one who attacks common beliefs or institutions
Iconoclast
