Set 12 Flashcards
1
Q
Diatribe
A
a bitter outburst aimed at a person or an idea
2
Q
Discreet
A
carefully sensible in speech and action
3
Q
Disperse
A
break up a gathering
4
Q
Dispute
A
disagreement, argument
5
Q
Dogmatic
A
positive in one’s opinions, overbearingly certain
6
Q
Plankton
A
tiny creatures found in an ocean or sea
7
Q
Porcine
A
of or like pigs (hogs)
8
Q
Pragmatist
A
one who gauges value by practical consequences
9
Q
Precipitation
A
process of the formation of a less mobile state from a more mobile state (e.g. solid formed out of a liquid); or a state of sudden haste
10
Q
Precipitate
A
the resultant of precipitation; note that snow is an example of a precipitate
