Social Animals Flashcards
1
Q
Acquiesce
A
Agree with some reluctance
2
Q
Ambit
A
Extent, boundary
3
Q
Contumacious
A
Headstrong, obstinate
4
Q
Expiate
A
Make amends for
5
Q
Lieu
A
Place, alternate
6
Q
Menagerie (adj.)
A
Zoo
7
Q
Mete
A
Administer, distribute
8
Q
Mores
A
Traditional customs
9
Q
Phalanx
A
Compact or close-knit body of people/things
10
Q
Propitiate
A
Conciliate
Pacify
Assuage
Placate
11
Q
Rancor
A
Bitterness, hatefulness
12
Q
Haughty
A
- Disdainfully proud
- scornfully arrogant
- supercilious
13
Q
Brigade
A
A group of individuals organized for a particular purpose (phalanx)
14
Q
Choleric
A
- extremely irritable
- easily angered
- irascible
15
Q
Apportion
A
To distribution or allocate proportionally, mete
