Words 2 Flashcards
Revile
Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.
Rees / Iian / Ian
Welshman
Burma
Myanmar
Ruhr
Industrial region of Germany
Ranee / Rani
Hindu Queen
Mahatma
South Asia - A holy person or sage
Denizens
A person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place
Xerography
A dry copying process
Zeitgeist
The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time
The Elysian Fields
The place at the ends of the earth to which certain favoured heroes were conveyed by the gods after death. A place or position to be aspired to.
Staid
Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous
Emissary
A person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission
Neurosis
A mental condition that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality
Impudent
Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.
Repress
Subdue (someone or something) by force.
Delineate
Describe or portray (something) precisely.
Quintessential
Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
Naysayer
One who denies, refuses, opposes, or is sceptical or cynical about something
Elixir
A magical or medicinal potion
Pseudo
Not genuine; spurious or sham
Serendipitous
Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way
Platonic
Intimate and affectionate but not sexual
Tao
The absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of yin and yang and signifying the way, or code of behaviour, that is in harmony with the natural order.
Taoiseach
The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland.
Gulch
A narrow and deep sided ravine.
Rial / Riyal
The basic monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, Oman and Yemen,
Funicular
1.
Of a railway, especially one on a mountainside, operating by cable with ascending and descending cars
Cor Anglais
English horn
Tom Stoppard
Playwright and screen writer
Formidable
Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
Derring do
The quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way
Real
Spanish football team
Doctor
Doc - Dr - MB - BM - MD - MO - GP - Anagram indicator
Nor Easter
Winds that develop from the North East
Albumen
Egg white
Sycophant
A person who acts obsequiosly towards someone important to gain an advantage
Obsequiously
Characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please
Atlas
A man who supports a heavy burden
Eh?
What
Rhubarb
The noise made by a group of actors to give the impression of indistinct background conversation, especially by the random repetition of the word ‘rhubarb’.
Grappa
Italian grape brandy
Cell
Small room for a monk.
Resonant
Of sound | deep, clear, and continuing to sound or reverberate
Dante
Italian poet.
Uncle
Pawnbroker
Ragamuffin (2)
A child in dirty clothes
A cat breed
Sabot
A kind of simple shoe, shaped and hollowed out from a single block of wood, traditionally worn by French and Breton peasants
Craven
Lacking in courage; cowardly.
As
Arsenic
Verity
True, real and accuracy
Sojourn
Stay somewhere temporarily.
Raconteur
A person who tells anecdotes in a skilful and amusing way
Ate
Daughter of Zeus - Goddess of Mischief
Athene
Goddess of wisdom
Francophile
A person who loves all things French
Lethe
Greek - The river of forgetfulness
Tec
A detective
Curio
A rare, unusual, or intriguing object.
Carrion
The decaying flesh of dead animals
Amiable
Pleasant
Amicable
Friendly