memo 3 Flashcards
(12 cards)
Pillage
To rob or raid a place, using violence
Capricious
Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour (very easy to change emotions;inconstant)
Anomalous
Deviating from what is standard, normal or expected
Apathetic
Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm or concern. They are rather neutral and indifferent
Austere
When someone is strict in manner or attitude
Castigate
Reprimand someone severely; to punish
Corpulent
A fat person
Fortuitous
Happening by chance rather than intention; unexpected and unanticipated
Inimical
TENDING TO OBSTRUCT OR HARM
Ostracize
Exclude from a society or group; to exclude or shun
Petulant
Of a person or their manner being childishly bad-tempered and sulky. (Impatient, bad-tempered and peevish)
Privy
Sharing the knowledge of something secret or private; to expose a truth