Vocab Flashcards
(45 cards)
Gregarious
Sociable; genial; friendly; extroverted
Gravity
Serious or dignified behavior; solemnity
Guffaw
A loud, unrestrained burst of laughter
Guile
Insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception
Gustatory
Of or pertaining to taste or tasting
Hackneyed
Made commonplace or trite; stale; banal
Haltingly
Faltering or hesitating, especially in speech
Haughty
Disdainfully proud, snobbish; scornfully arrogant
Hedonist
A person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification
Histrionics
Behavior or speech for effect, as insincere, dramatic
Iconoclast
A person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions
Immoderate
Excessive, extreme, exceeding reasonable limits
Immutable
Unchangeable,changeless
Impetuous
Impulsive
Impious
Not religious, lacking reverence for God, ungodly
Garrulous
Excessively talkative in a rambling manner
Garner
To get; acquire; earn; collect; hoard
Garble
To confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble
Gait
A manner if walking, stepping or runner
Furtive
Taken, done, used surreptitiously or by stealth, sly
Fractious
Readily angered, irritable
Fortuitous
Happening or produced by chance, accidental
Florid
Reddish, rosy (for complexion); flowery (for writing)
Fastidious
Excessively particular, critical, or demanding