Vocab 6c-d Flashcards
Chicanery
(n) Deception through subterfuge or trickery
Estimable
(adj. ) Worthy of esteem or admiration
(adj. ) Capable of being estimated
Aberrant
(adj. ) Deviating from the usual or proper course, especially in behavior
(adj. ) Deviating from the normal or expected type; atypical
Crass
(adj. ) Crude, gross, and unrefined; lacking indiscrimination
(adj. ) Excessively materialistic or base
Ingrate
(n) An ungrateful person
Craven
(adj.) Cowardly or contemptibly fearful
Anomaly
(n) Deviation from the norm; irregularity
(n) Something irregular, peculiar, abnormal, or deviating from the norm
Avid
(adj. ) Urgently, keenly desirous to the point of greed
(adj. ) Marked by enthusiasm or voracious interest
Coalesce
(v) To grow or unite into one mass or body; to fuse
“the puddles had coalesced into shallow streams”
Summarily
(adv) immediately; in a prompt or direct manner; without prior notice
“she was summarily dismissed”
Insularity
(n) The state or quality of being insular, especially the narrow point of view resulting from life in a closed, isolated community
Extenuating
(adj.) Lessening or mitigating the seriousness or extent of something
“library staff will waive fines where there are genuine extenuating circumstances”
Cryptic
(adj. ) Having or seeming to have hidden meaning; mysterious or mystifying
(adj. ) Secret or occult; employing or using code or a cipher
Tirade
(n) An angry, protracted, harshly censorious speech or rant
Damp
(v) To deaden; to hold back or retard the energy of; to stifle, suffocate, or restrain
