vocabulary Flashcards
reticent
unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings:
scuttled
to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape
ousted
to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place, or competition
snub
to insult someone by not giving them any attention or treating them as if they are not important
hamper
to prevent someone doing something easily
guidelines
a general rule, principle, or piece of advice. (pautas, in spanish)
diminish
make or become less. (decrease)
fathom
understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought.
plummet
fall or drop straight down at high speed.
decrease rapidly in value or amount.
sardonic
grimly mocking or cynical.
cynical
1.
believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
“he was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun”
2.
concerned only with one’s own interests and typically disregarding accepted standards in order to achieve them.
“a cynical manipulation of public opinion”
linger
stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.
spend a long time over (something).
“she lingered over her meal”
be slow to disappear or die.
“the tradition seems to linger on”
suffrage
right to vote
temperance
doing something with moderation
abolishion
in the US is related to the ending of slavery… in general is to finish something
