vocabulary 13 Flashcards
1
Q
delirium
A
wildly excited activity or emotion
2
Q
hostility
A
unfriendliness or opposition.
3
Q
animosity
A
strong hostility.
4
Q
copses
A
a thicket of shrubs or bushes
5
Q
entail
A
as a whole
6
Q
besmirching
A
to dirty
7
Q
inexplicable
A
ineffable
8
Q
toff
A
a well-dressed gentleman
9
Q
conjecture
A
a guess
10
Q
audacious
A
venturing risks
11
Q
injunction
A
a statement to be obeyed by those concerned
12
Q
bias
A
a way of acting in one way without considering other’s opinions
13
Q
athwart
A
side to side, across, intervening
14
Q
ludicrous
A
causing to laughter
15
Q
incongruous
A
not appropriate to the situation
16
Q
malapropos
A
not appropriate to the situation
17
Q
excavates
A
dig
18
Q
precocious
A
occurring before the expected time