vocab peters 3

Question 1

anathema

Answer 1

something that someone hates: a thing a person accursed or damaged, some thing greatly detested

Question 2

animosity

Answer 2

feeling of strong dislike; hatred, ill will

Question 3

disconcerted

Answer 3

to frustrate; to upset the composure of: embarass

Question 4

duress

Answer 4

the use of force or threats (makes someone do something against there will)

Question 5

embroil

Answer 5

to confuse, mix up or muddle; draw into conflict, fight or trouble. (when you dont want to be in a fight but you still get involved into it)

Question 6

ensconce

Answer 6

to shelter; established or settle comfortably

Question 7

extraneous

Answer 7

not truly or properly belonging to; not essential, irrevelant

Question 8

flamboyant

Answer 8

showy or ornate; ostentatious; colorful; guady

Question 9

fulsome

Answer 9

abundantly disgusting; excessive

Question 10

heterogeneous

Answer 10

diverse in character, varied in content; of different origin, not from the same source

Question 11

hypothetical

Answer 11

assumed, supposed / not necessarily real or true

Question 12

incongruous

Answer 12

lacking harmony or agreement; compatible / unsuitable

Question 13

nuance

Answer 13

slight or delicate variation in tone color / meaning

Question 14

petulant

Answer 14

impatient, irritable, ill humored, moody over pretty annoyance

Question 15

potpourri

Answer 15

a mixture or assortment (flowers, spices for fragrance)

Question 16

pristine

Answer 16

unspoiled; spotless; uncorrupted; pure; fresh and new

Question 17

rhetorical

Answer 17

persuasion speaking or writing / language designed to impress or persuade

Question 18

pulchritude

Answer 18

physical beauty

Question 19

salacious

Answer 19

appealing to or causing desire, lustful, obscene

Question 20

subjective

Answer 20

Personal; not impartial or literal; not objective; based on personal emotional, feeling or mindset