Week 10 Flashcards
Juxtaposition
The act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison (a obvious difference between two things)
Kudos
Praise for an archivemet
Languid
Sluggish from fatigue or weakness
Libertarian
Advocating principles of liberty and free will
Magnanimous
Noble, generous
Malleable
Capable of being shaped or transformed
Modicum
Small amount of something
Nadir
The lowest point of something
Nefarious
Heinously, villainous
Obdurate
Unyielding to persuasions or moral influences
Oblivious
Lacking consciousness or awareness of something
Pacific
Soothing ;peaceful
Palatable
Agreeable to taste or sensibilities
Quagmire
A difficult situation
Quandary
A perplexed, unresolvable state
Querulous
Whiny, complaining
Rancid
Having a terrible state or smell
Rapport
Mutual understanding and harmony
Saccharine
Sickeningly sweet
Salient
Significant, conspicuous