vocabulary 13 Flashcards
delirium
wildly excited activity or emotion
hostility
unfriendliness or opposition.
animosity
strong hostility.
copses
a thicket of shrubs or bushes
entail
as a whole
besmirching
to dirty
inexplicable
ineffable
toff
a well-dressed gentleman
conjecture
a guess
audacious
venturing risks
injunction
a statement to be obeyed by those concerned
bias
a way of acting in one way without considering other’s opinions
athwart
side to side, across, intervening
ludicrous
causing to laughter
incongruous
not appropriate to the situation
malapropos
not appropriate to the situation
excavates
dig
precocious
occurring before the expected time
torpor
lack of interest
unfledged
lack of maturity
chaste
decent
forged
made with the appearance of committing fraud
derailed
uneasy
swill
chug
unsullied
free from filth
promenade
stroll
brazen
bold rudeness
curdle
sour
hapless
prone to bad luck
canter
skip
gallop
faster than walk
adage
proverbial
rapture
overwhelming pleasure satisfaction
candor
true feelings of one’s expression
stein
beaker
beguiling
connoisseur at one ends of deception
peeved
irritation
duress
threats
coerce
persuade someone into doing something with threats
oft
many times
straggled
to commit an offense
strayed
to commit an offense
gloat
an improper; showing one is happy his over the loss of the other
pretext
false ground to hide what you’re really doing
foreman
leader
bairns
teens
disposition
one’s inherent moods; the order of things arranged
