Final Vocab Flashcards
(30 cards)
Furtive
attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.
Avarice
extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
Baccanalian
characterized by or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken.
Extradite
hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed.
Irascible
having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.
Bastion
a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification
Ostracize
exclude (someone) from a society or group.
Heresy
an opinion or belief that is the opposite of or against what is the official or popular opinion
Anathema
something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.
Castigate
reprimand (someone) severely.
Gauche
lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless
Ignominy
public shame or disgrace.
Emaciated
abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.
Expunge
erase or remove completely
Candid
(of a photograph of a person) taken informally, especially without the subject’s knowledge.
Argot
the jargon or slang of a particular group or class.
Negligence
failure to take proper care in doing something.
Appease
relieve or satisfy (a demand or a feeling).
Strident
loud and harsh; grating.
Augment
make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.
Jingoism
make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.
Rancor
bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing.
Inexorable
impossible to stop or prevent.
Extol
praise enthusiastically.