Vocab 22 Flashcards
Adjective: very bad
Examples
I thought his behaviour was absolutely …..
They are forced to live in …… conditions.
Deplorable
Adjective : unpleasantly proud and expecting to be obeyed
Example
an …… manner/voice
She sent them away with an …. wave of the hand.
Imperious
Adjective : very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger:
Example
Her face was ….. and grey.
Gaunt
Adjective: An …… story/ thing is probably not true although it is often told and believed by some people to have happened or been true:
e.g.
an …… story
It’s a good story but I dare say it’s …..
Apocryphal
Noun: the quality of being obsolete:
Examples
Mobile phone technology is developing so quickly that many customers are concerned about ……..
obsolescence
Adjective: not in use anymore, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable:
Gas lamps became …… when electric lighting was invented.
obsolete
Adjective: too interested in the details of another person’s sexual behaviour:
E.g. He denied that the article had been in any way ….
Prurient
Adjective: A ……. chemical burns or destroys things, especially anything made of living cells:
E.g.
a …… substance
Caustic
Noun : a person who is completely unable or unwilling to behave in a way that is acceptable to society:
e.g.
I’m telling you he’s a complete/total sociopath.
Sociopath
Noun: a person who has no feeling for other people, does not think about the future, and does not feel bad about anything they have done in the past
Psychopath
