vocab 5-8 Flashcards
Gawk
Look with amazement
Consist
Be composed of
Hospitality
Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
Humiliate
Cause to feel shame
Resent
Feel bitter or indignant about
Disarming
Act of reducing or depriving of weapons
Taunt
A cruel or scornful remark
Liability
The state of being legally obliged and responsible
Brandish
Exhibit (show) aggressivly
Elated
Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits.
Recoil
Draw back, as with fear or pain
Intimidating
Discouraging through fear
Pseudonym
A fictitious name used when performing a particular role (In Greek, pseudes means “false” and onoma means “name”.)
Orientation
A course introducing a new situation or enviroment.
Metaphysical
Highly abstract and overly theoretical