Vocabulary Flashcards
Bombastic
Boastful; grand language with no real meaning
Asinine
Silly; stupid
Serene
Peaceful; quiet, calm
Sublime
Impressive; awe-inspiring, majestic
Bovine
Stupid, dull, resembling an ox or a cow
Supine
Lying flat on your back, face up; horizontal
Forebode
To predict or fortell
Maritime
Having to do with the sea
Winnow
To rid of undesirable parts
Spawn
Offspring; to produce many of
Prodigious
Enormous in size; quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing
Boor
A rude, unrefined person
Panache
Dashing elegance of manner or style
Forbearance
Patience
Agog
Highly excited by eagerness; extremely enthusiastic
Forthright
Straight to the point
Profound
Intellectually deep; insightful; rising from or affecting the depths of one’s nature
Fiasco
Disaster; complete failure
Doleful
Extremely sad; sorrowful
Opaque
Not transparent; dull & without luster; hard to understand
Annals
Descriptive record; history
Tome
A large book
Cataract
A large waterfall; an eye abnormality
Booty
A valuable prize; goods or property seized by force