Week 2 Flashcards
Laconic
Expressing much in few words
The morning announcement was brief laconic
Throng
Noisy crowd
When the class is released it unleashes a throng of people
Intrepid
Brave
My dad is intepid
Accost
To approach aggressively and speak to
While eating a worker accosted me and accused me of stealing
Reticent
Silent
I am very reticent
Furtive
Secret, stealthy
I was furtive when I came back from a morning run
Felon
A person guilty of a major crime
The escaped felon from my favorite tv show was my favorite character
Plethora
Excess
The teacher gave us a plethora of work
Hapless
Unfortunate
The hapless student missed his work by one day
Irate
Angry, incensed
I was irate when I lost at my video game
Pyrrhic victory
A costly victory
The football team won the last game of the season in which didn’t matter to what place they got in the playoffs and their superstar qb got injured
Pretext
An excuse the fake reason that covers up the real reason
I made a pretext that I wanted to leave the party to sleep but instead I left and played video games
Fabricate
To lie; to construct
I fabricated a lie about my favorite team because my real favorite team was doing bad
Adroit
Skillful
I should win the online match because I am more adroit than my opponent
Gesticulate
Move the arms energetically to communicate
The ref kept gesticulating for illegal formation
