Week 3 Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Blasé
A
(adj) unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before
2
Q
Clemency
A
(n) mercy
3
Q
Epistle
A
(n) a letter
4
Q
Lassitude
A
(n) a state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy
5
Q
Minutiae
A
(n) the small, precise, or trivial details of something
6
Q
Peripatetic
A
(adj) traveling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods
7
Q
Remonstrate
A
(v) to present and urge reasons in opposition, usually used with “with”
8
Q
Surcease
A
(v) to come to an end
9
Q
Trope
A
(n) a word or expression used in a figurative sense
10
Q
Winnow
A
(v) remove (people or things) from a group until only the best ones are left
