Vocab 1 Flashcards
woke
alert to injustice in society, especially racism:
cancel culture
Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on social media, or in person.
one-off
done, made, or happening only once and not repeated
curate
select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition):
fraught
(of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable):
pernicious
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way: the pernicious influences of the mass media.
myopia
lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight:
paparazzi
a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them
archetype
a very typical example of a certain person or thing:
polymath
a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning
genre
a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
paranoid
unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful
kleptocracy
a society or system ruled by people who use their power to steal their country’s resources:
insidious
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects:
nefarious
(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal
inscrutable
impossible to understand or interpret
Angst
a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general
writ large
clear and obvious
cynical
believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity:
arcane
understood by few; mysterious or secret
cynical
believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity:
counterfactual
relating to or expressing what has not happened or is not the case.
