Set 2 Flashcards
unwieldy (adj.)
big, heavy, and difficult to carry or use
discredit (v.)
to make people stop respecting or trusting someone or something
discourse (n.)
a serious speech or piece of writing on a particular subject
effervescent (adj.)
someone who is effervescent is very happy, excited, and active
enchanting (adj.)
very pleasant or attractive
enamored (adj.)
liking something very much
peculiar (adj.)
strange, unfamiliar, or a little surprising
aberrant (adj.)
not usual or normal; abnormal
splashy (adj.)
big, bright, or very easy to notice; flashy
revue (n.)
a show in a theater that includes songs, dances, and jokes about the recent events
lucrative (adj.)
a job or activity that is lucrative lets you earn a lot of money; profitable
faeces (n.)
solid waste material from the bowels
bowels (n.)
the system of tubes inside your body where food is transformed into solid waste material and through which it passes out of your body
pear (n.)
a sweet juicy fruit, that has a round base and it thinner near the top, or the tree that produces the fruit
sigh (v.)
to breathe in and out making a long sound, especially because you are bored, disappointed, tired etc.
