study 1 Flashcards
Unsparing (adj)
Merciless, severe.
Slaves, as well as slaveholders, use it with an unsparing hand.
Shore
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc. (noun)
a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members (noun)
to support by or as if by a shore or shores; prop (usually followed by up ): to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.
Aloof
reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested: Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being aloof (adj)
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
Restive(adj)
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
refractory; stubborn.
Skittish
apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
restlessly or excessively lively: a skittish mood.
fickle; uncertain.
shy; coy.
Unseemly
not seemly; not in keeping with established standards of taste or proper form; unbecoming or indecorous in appearance, speech, conduct, etc.: an unseemly act; unseemly behavior.
inappropriate for time or place: an unseemly hour.
Stiff (adj)
rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
not moving or working easily: The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather.
(of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.
strong; forceful; powerful: stiff winds; The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent’s jaw.
strong or potent to the taste or system, as a
beverage or medicine: He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink.
resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn.
stubbornly continued: a stiff
rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings.
lacking ease and grace; awkward: a stiff style of writing.
excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement.
laborious or difficult, as a task.
severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand.
Harbinger
a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign: Frost is a harbinger of winter.
a person sent in advance of troops, a royal train, etc., to provide or secure lodgings and other accommodations.
Phony
not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
false or deceiving; not truthful; concocted: a phony explanation.
insincere or deceitful; affected or pretentious: a phony sales representative
Sham
—noun
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
a person who shams; shammer.
a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
—adjective
pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade.
designed, made, or used as a sham.
to produce an imitation of. (Sham)
to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness.
Bogus
not genuine; counterfeit; spurious; sham
Scathing / scathe
scathing1
— adjective
bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
harmful, injurious, or searing.
— Related forms
scath·ing·ly, adverb
scathe2
— verb (used with object), scathed, scath·ing.
to attack with severe criticism.
to hurt, harm, or injure, as by scorching.
— noun
hurt, harm, or injury.
Stingy / stinginess
reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He’s a stingy old miser.
scanty or meager: a stingy little income.
Fancy
imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
the artistic ability of creating unreal or whimsical imagery, decorative detail, etc., as in poetry or drawing.
a mental image or conception: He had happy fancies of being a famous actor.
an idea or opinion with little foundation; illusion: Her belief that she can sing is a mere fancy.
Overturn
to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
to turn over on its side, face, or back; upset: to overturn a vase.
—verb (used without object)
to turn on its side, face, or back; capsize: The boat overturned during the storm.
