Vocab Flashcards
Recuperate
To restore to good health or strength
Ostracize
V.) to expel from a community or group
Sadistic
Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain onto others
Rile
To cause annoyance in, or disturb
Unscrupulous
Having or showing no moral principles
Incognito
Without revealing ones identity
Rostrum
Raised platform where someone makes a speech
Pacifist
A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable
Qualm
An uneasy feeling of doubt worry or fear about ones own conduct
Gripe
A complaint (noun) to grumble about something (verb)
Grippe
Outdated term for the flu
Ironic
Happening in an opposite way to what is expected
Annex
Noun.) 1. An addition to a document 2. A building joined robs main building
Verb.) to append or add an extra part
Monotonous
Dull and tedious
Melancholy
(Noun)A feeling of pensive sadness, with no obvious case
(Adj.) sad and pensive
Pedagogy
The science, art or profession of teaching and education
Harrowing
Extremely distressing
Reciprocal
Given, felt or done in return
Blasé
Unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before