stupid vocab Flashcards
insatiability (n)
quenchless (can’t be satisfied)
tantalizing (adj)
tormenting/teasing with promise of something unattainable
toehold (n)
insignificant position from which more progress can be made
wheedling (v)
using flattery to persuade someone to give you something
furtive (adj)
secretively
anachronism (n)
belonging to a time period other than the one in which it exists (conspicuously old fashioned)
disconsolate (adj)
sad, dreary
ingratiate (v)
earn something for yourself by pleasing another
lugubrious (adj)
seeming sad
bludgeon (v)
beat someone repeatedly with bludgeon/heavy object
puritan (n)
having censorious moral beliefs (ab pleasure)
coy (adj)
in an outwardly shy/modest way intended to be alluring
loll (v)
to sit, lie, or stand in a relaxed way
petticoat (n)
light, loose undergarment hanging from shoulders/waist worn under dress/skirt
innocuous (adj)
not harmful
ethereal (adj)
delicate/light in a way that seems too perfect for the world
rancid (adj)
containing fat or oil/ smelling or tasting unpleasant bc it’s stale
granular (adj)
resembling/ consistent of small grains or particles
litanies (n)
series of petitions for use in church services/processions
lustrous (adj)
shining
ambulatory (adj)
something mobile/capable of movement
emaciated (adj)
abnormally thin or weak, bc of illness or lack of food
banal (adj)
lacking originality (obvious or boring)
compunction (n)
feeling of guilt/moral scruple preventing/following doing something bad
sedition (n)
speech inciting rebellion against the authority of a state
precocity (n)
exceptionally early/premature development
abasement (n)
humiliation/degradation
perfidy (n)
purposely deceitful and unfaithful
lassitude (n)
state of being weary and lacking energy
