English Flashcards
(15 cards)
Saccharine
excessively Sweet or sentimental .
Yearning
A feeling of intense longing for something .
Incredulous
of a person or their manner; unwilling or unable to believe something.
Frenzy
A state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.
Carte blanche
Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.
Raucous
Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.
Bewildered
Perplexed and confused; very puzzled.
Befuddled
Unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.
Ominous
The impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.
implacable:
unable to be placated.
contemptuous:
showing contempt; scornful.
Seething
filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.
Idyllic
especially of a time or place; like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
Elegiac
relating to or characteristic of an elegy.
Distressed
suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain.