The Crossover Flashcards
Acclaim
verb: praise vociferously
Gloat
verb: dwell on with satisfaction
Crepe
noun: a small, thin pancake
Inspire
verb: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
Distinction
noun: high status importance owing to marked superiority
Banish
verb: send away from a place of residence, as for punishment
Flaunt
verb: display proudly
Phenomenal
adjective: exceedingly or unbelievably great
Snicker
verb: laugh quietly
Impersonation:
noun: mimicking the mannerisms of someone else
Ignite
verb: arouse or excite feelings; stir up or provoke to action
Taunt
verb: harass with persistent criticism or carping
Prefer
verb: like better; value more highly
Enshrine
verb: enclose in a place of worship
Legendary
adjective: so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a myth
Cackle
verb: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
Calamity
noun: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Dreadful
adjective: exceptionally bad or displeasing
Random
adjective: lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
Seldom
adverb: not often
Resist
verb: express opposition through action or words
Loom
verb: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
Mocking
adjective: playfully vexing, especially by ridicule
Appeal
noun: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
Strategy
noun: an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Frantically
adv. in an uncontrolled manner
Amateur
noun: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
Expectation
noun: belief about the future
Camaraderie
noun: the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
Decent
adjective: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
Torso
noun: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
Swagger
noun: a proud stiff pompous gait