Wordly Wise Lesson 1 Flashcards
Bane
A person or thing that destroys or causes harm
Causing destruction or ruin
Asperity
Sharpness or harshness of manner.
Roughness of surface; unevenness.
Buffoon
A person who often makes attempts to be funny; a clown; a fool
Doleful
Mournful full of sorrow, causing grief.
Extrovert
A person who’s attention is focused on others and on what is going on around her or him. Rather than on their own feelings
Garish
Excessively bright and flashy, tastelessly flashy.
Hierarchy
A group or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest.
Imbue
To fill completely with feeling or idea, inspiring
Instigate
To stir up, an urge. To provoke
Penchant
A strong attraction or leaning
Rambunctious
Behaving in a wildly unruly manner
Repertoire
The list of piece, an actor, musician, ready to perform a skill to accomplish for a person or group.
Rudiment
A basic principal or skill
An undeveloped beginning stage
Undermine
To weaken or ruin by degrees
To attack by indirect secret or unhanded means
Unremitting
Not stoping or slowing down; constant