Vocabulary words Flashcards
(18 cards)
very still, as if nailed to the spot
Transfixed
Peculiarity/something that makes someone different
Idiosyncrasy
definite/clearly stated
Explicit
differences
Variations
understandable
Intelligible
a simplified and standardized conception or image, invested with special meaning, and held in common, by members of a group; overly simplistic prejudicial view of a group of people.
Stereotype
wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult; chaos
Pandemonium
boldly resisting authority
Defiant
random or deliberate VIOLENCE or DAMAGE; a state of rowdy disorder
Mayhem
a danger or threat
Menace
timidly; fearfully
Timorously
closing in on something
Converging
frightened with threats
Intimidated
a SCENE or state of wild uproar
Bedlam
able to be explained
Explicable
to be in agreement
Assent
assuming or presuming something: doing something without right or permission. (It was presumptuous to think I could use my mom’s credit card without asking first.)
Presumptuous
NOT able to be explained
Inexplicable