The Importance of Being Earnest 3 Flashcards
Insuperable
Incapable of being passed over, overcomed, or surmounted
Terminus
A station or the town at the end of a railway or road
Mercenary
Only does something for money, working for payment only
Ostentatious
Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in attempt to impress others
Oxonian
A member or graduate of Oxford University
Tutelage
The act of guarding, protecting, or guiding office or function guardian
Heretical
A person who maintains beliefs contrary to the established teachings of church
Anabaptists
A member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520 that denied the validity of infant baptism, etc
Nigh
Near in space or time or revelation
Perambulator
A baby carriage
Capacious
Capable of holding much, spacious or roomy
Omnibus
A bus
Effeminate
Having traits, tastes, habits, etc traditionally considered feminine
Candour
The state or quality of being frank, open, sincere in speech or expression
Machinations
Crafty schemes, plots, intrigues
Canonical
Authorized, recongnized, accepted especially within the bible
Profligate
Utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated, recklessly prodigal or extravagant
Apoplexy
Stroke
Effrontery
Shameless or impudent boldness, barefaced audacity, insolent