Unit 3 Flashcards
Ingenious
Adj- Characterised by cleverness or originality
Inventive, creative, original
Rampant
Adj- Characterised by fierceness or high spirits
Displaying aggression or violence
Ransacking
Verb- To search thoroughly or vigorously through something
Hunt, investigate, pillage, search
Remiss
Adj- negligent, careless or slow in performing ones job
Lazy, inattentive, slow
Impudent
Adj- shameless or brazenly immodest
Audacious, cocky, immodest
Histrionic
Adj- deliberately affected or self consciously emotional; over dramatic
Noun- an actor
Gaudy
Adj- tastelessly or excessively showy
Garish, flashy, flaunting
Skiff
Noun- Any of various types of boats small enough for rowing or sailing by one person
Elocution
Noun- a persons manner of speaking or reading aloud in public
Shirk
Verb- to evade (work or responsibility)
-to withdraw because of lack of courage, laziness, etc
Nabob
Noun- man of great wealth or prominence
Meddlesome
Adj- given to self important interference in the affair of others
Azure
Noun- sky blue
Careened
Verb- to go forward quickly without control
- to cause a boat to lean to one side
Insurrection
Noun- an act or instance of revolting against established government
Cavorting
Verb- to engage in any agile, frisky, or showy behaviour
Providence
Noun- divine guidance or care
Earnest
Noun- a serious and intent mental state
Adj- serious and intense
Haggled
Verb- to have bargained
Humble
Adj- modest
Candid
Adj- frank; outspoken; sincere; straightforward
Shanty
Noun- a crudely built hut, cabin, house, etc
Adj- of or pertaining to crudely built cabins or houses
Languish
Verb- to become weak or feeble
- to lose vigor and vitality
Highwaymen
Noun- a holdup man especially one on horseback who robbed travellers of a public road
Outlandish
Adj- freakishly strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, etc; bizarre
