Chapter 1 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Bivouac (n.)
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
the place used for such an encampment.
Colander (n.)
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
Captious (adj.)
apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
Cavil (v.)
to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about ): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
Balk/Baulk (v.)
to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at ): He balked at making the speech.
Caprice (n.)
Whim or sudden change of mood/ behavior. She was unpredictable, acting on caprice.
Carafe (n.
a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
Collage (n.)
an assemblage or occurrence of diverse elements or fragments in unlikely or unexpected juxtaposition: The experimental play is a collage of sudden scene shifts, long monologues, musical interludes, and slapstick.
Carapace (n.)
a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle.
Cavalier (adj.)
haughty, disdainful, or supercilious: an arrogant and cavalier attitude toward others.
Carafe (n.)
a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
Clavicle (n.)
a bone of the pectoral arch.
(in humans) either of two slender bones, each articulating with the sternum and a scapula and forming the anterior part of a shoulder; collarbone.
Carapace (n.)
a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle.
Colander (n.)
a metal or plastic container with a perforated bottom, for draining and straining foods.
Bivouac (n.)
a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
the place used for such an encampment.
Aphasia (n.)
the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or injury of the brain.
Baleful (adj.)
full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
Obsolete . wretched; miserable.
Animadversion (n.)
an unfavorable or censorious comment: to make animadversions on someone’s conduct.
the act of criticizing.
Arboretum (n.)
a plot of land on which many different trees or shrubs are grown for study or display.
Badinage (n.)
light, playful banter or raillery.
— verb (used with object)
to banter with or tease (someone) playfully.
Bacchanalia (adj.)
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a festival in honor of Bacchus. Compare Dionysia.
(lowercase) a drunken feast; orgy.
