Week 7 Flashcards
Implacable
Cannot be pacified, inexorable
Ex: Inexorable means never stopping, never giving up
Paroxysm
A fit, sudden outburst
Ex: Anger going up to a boiling point
Reprehensible
Worthy of blame, really bad
Ex: When someone hurts a child, they are reprehensible
Jurisdiction
Power, range of authority
Ex: Something being under your jurisdiction is something you can change
Skirmish
Small fight, brief encounter
Ex: Worse than a disagreement, less than a hand fight
Stymie
To hinder (get in the way), impede (slow down), puzzle (confuse)
Ex: My sister stymies me before bed
Effigy
A likeness
Ex: usually hated
Flout
To show contempt, scoff
Ex: ignoring a law is to flout the law
Cognizant
Aware
Ex: Being cognizant (aware) of a law
Turbulent
Unruly, agitated
Ex: A turbulent airplane ride
Harass
To trouble, torment
Ex: when my sister harasses me before school
Monolithic
Massively solid (both literally and figuratively)
Ex: The poster in Blehm’s class of the man free-balling a mountain climb
Indigent
Poor, needy
Ex: The indigent in third word countries are poor and needy
Arbitrary
Based on a whim, dictatorial (don’t think, just do)
Ex: The arbitrary buys at the cashier in VONS
Fray
A fight (cat fight)
Ex: A small bicker
Terminate
To end
Ex: Terminating a job offer
Forthwith
Immediately
Ex: Forthwithing your answers when it’s right
Exacerbate
To irritate, make worse
Ex: Exacerbating my sister’s response
Revert
To go back to, to return to
Ex: Reverting back to Mexico each break
Oust
To drive out, to eject
Ex: Ousting roudy students in class
Ameliorate
To make better
Ex: To ameliorate your mood by running
