Vocab Week 5 Flashcards
Candid
Truthful and straightforward; frank
Condescending
Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority
Salacious
Lustful, lecherous
Synonym: prurient
Reticent
Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily
Altruistic
showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish.
Stoic
a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
Macabre
disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury.
Idyllic
(especially of a time or place) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
Hyperbolic
(of language) exaggerated; hyperbolical.
Rhetorical
(of a question) asked in order to produce an effect or to make a statement rather than to elicit information.
Apologetic
regretfully acknowledging or excusing an offense or failure.
Ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time
Pedantic
Scrupulous,precise,exact
Didactic
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Synonym:edification
Introspective
Inward-looking, self-analyzing