Vocabulary 4 Flashcards
A written, printed or pictorial unjustly negative, defaming, or hurtful to one’s character.
Libel
A large crowd; a swarm of people.
Horde
A slim, flexible tube inserted in a bodily channel to maintain an opening to another internal opening.
Catheter
Questionable in taste or propriety; distasteful
Off-color
A thing given in return for something else; Latin: “something for something”.
Quid Pro Quo
Difficult to manage or control; extremely boisterous.
Rambunctious
To guess; to come to a conclusion (often without strong evidence).
Surmise
To walk or move with unsteady steps; to sway at ground level.
Totter
To intrude; to interfere, meddle or infringe.
Interlope
An official order or announcement, especially from the government or another recognized authority, that settles a matter with finality; also, to issue such an order.
Decree
To abridge or truncate; to lessen, usually by taking or cutting away from.
Curtail
A group of people hired to applaud at an entertainment event.
Claque
A large multistemmed smoking apparatus that cools smoke by passing it through water.
Hookah
To spoil, damage, or tarnish.
Mar
Having the grand, luxurious characteristics of a palace; resembling a palace.
Palatial
