Week Twenty Four Vocab

Question 0

aberration

(noun) - break in pattern, a departure from what is right, proper, expected, normal

Answer 0

Synonyms: deviation, anomaly, irregularity

Question 1

savoir-faire
(noun) - panache, style, handle things delicately, the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation; social competence

Answer 1

Synonyms: tact, finesse, sophistication

Question 2

ad-hoc

(adj) - for this specific purpose; improvised

Answer 2

Synonyms: makeshift

Question 3

bane

() - the source or cause of fatal injury, death, destruction; death or ruin itself

Answer 3

Synonyms: spoiler, bête noire

Question 4

bathos
(noun) - the intrusion of commonplace or trite material into a context whose tone is lofty or elevated; grossly insincere or exaggerated sentimentality

Answer 4

Synonyms: mawkishness, mush, schmaltz