Vocab 2-3 Flashcards
Banal
Adj
Boring dull unoriginal repeated so often it is boring
Decorous
Adj
Anything proper dignified and in good taste good manners and propriety
Embroil
V
To force into some kind of situation or action to drag somebody into a problem
Edification
N
To improve you morally spiritually or educationally
Esoteric
Adj
Understood by only those in an inner circle not understood by uneducated or commoners
Garish
Adj
bright showy and in bad taste tastelessly showy
Hackneyed
Adj
Repeated so often it loses meaning overfamiliar and overused
Obsequious
Adj
Overly obedient and submissive staying in good graces by flattery (underserved)
Prefabricate
V
To lie or mislead to go back and forth and deliberately mislead or confused
Strident
Adj
Gratingly loud and obnoxious or
Adj
Being sharp insistent on being heard