Test 12 Flashcards
transalpine (adj)
crossing the Alps
peripatetic (adj)
More funding needs to be given to the peripatetic outreach services.
going from place to place, for example in order to work; walking about
delirious (adj)
The crowds were delirious with joy.
The crowds were delirious with joy.
(n): delirium: a mental state where somebody becomes excited and not being articulate
extremely excited and happy
mercenary (n)
a soldier who will fight for any country or group that offers payment
mercenary (adj)
only interested in making or getting money
loquacious (adj)
(n): loquacity/ loquaciousness
talking a lot; talkative
deciduous (adj)
(of a tree, bush, etc.) that loses its leaves every year
sequacious (adj)
(person) lacking independence of originality of thought
pertinacious (adj)
(n): pertinacity
determined to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties or opposition
gregarious = sociable (adj)
(n): gregariousness
linking to be with other people
convergent >< divergent (adj)
(v): converge -> (n): convergence
(people, vehicles, paths, etc.) moving together from different directions and meeting
corroboration (n)
The prosecution provided corroboration for her allegation.
confirmation
madonna (n)
a painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus
overtone (n)
an attitude or an emotion that is suggested and is not expressed in a direct way
stoicism (n)
She showed great stoicism through all the pain.
(adj): stoic
the fact of not complaining or showing what you are feeling when you are suffering
