Wordmasters Flashcards (meet 2)
N.
: infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard
:a broken, ruptured, or torn condition or area
: a gap (as in a wall) made by battering
: a break in accustomed friendly relations
: a temporary gap in continuity
: a leap especially of a whale out of water
V.
:to make a gap in by battering
Breach
V.
: to hide under a false appearance
: to put on the appearance of
Dissemble
Adj.
: following one’s own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations
: following no clear principle or law
: opposite to what is desired or expected
Wayward
N.
: a predicament affording no obvious escape
: an impassable road or way
Impasse
V.
: to lower in honor or esteem
: to lower the price or estimated/ value of
: to deduct from taxable income a portion of the original cost of (a business asset) over several years as the value of the asset decreases
depreciate
N.
:a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Grandiloquent
N.
: to arouse especially mutual enmity or indifference in (someone) where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
: to remove from customary environment or associations
estrangement
V.
: to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation
: to restrict the motion of (a mechanical body) to a particular mode
: to secure by or as if by bonds
: to force or produce in an unnatural or strained manner
: to hold back by or as if by force
Constain
Adj.
: showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
: lacking craft or subtlety
ingenuous
N.
: the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
: a path, progression, or line of development resembling a physical trajectory
Trajectory
N.
:position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose
: the pose of a model or artistic figure
: state or condition at a given time especially with respect to capability in particular circumstances
Posture
