Vocab 1 Flashcards
woke
alert to injustice in society, especially racism:
cancel culture
Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on social media, or in person.
one-off
done, made, or happening only once and not repeated
curate
select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition):
fraught
(of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable):
pernicious
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way: the pernicious influences of the mass media.
myopia
lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight:
paparazzi
a freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them
archetype
a very typical example of a certain person or thing:
polymath
a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning
genre
a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
paranoid
unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful
kleptocracy
a society or system ruled by people who use their power to steal their country’s resources:
insidious
proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects:
nefarious
(typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal
