Vocab #15 Flashcards
Aficionado
An enthusiastic follower; a fan
Accentuate
Emphasize
Antecedent
Preceding; an event that goes before
First grade is an antecedent of second grade
Centrifugal
Moving away from the center
I used a spirograph to make a centrifugal design
Convoluted
Complicted; intricate
His argue,ent about politics was convouluted
Decapitate
To cut off one’s head
Disingenuous
Insincere; not straight foward
The detective was a disingenuous man who often played dumb to trick others into confessing.
While Catherine pretended to be trustworthy, she was in reality a disingenuous woman
Indubitable
Unquestionable; cant be doubted
Once you have a house piled shoulder-high with all your worldly goods, it can be said that you are indubitably a hoarder.
That was indubitably the best lasagna I’ve ever eaten!
Jaded
Tired pr bored by having too much of something
Jane is a jaded person because she is spoiled and gets everything she wants.
Masochistic
Getting pleasure from being mistreated
The girl was a masochist, who cut herself.