Week 16 Flashcards
(23 cards)
indigenous
native
a bird is native to the world
gregarious
sociable
friendly with a lot of people is a gregarious person
habitat
natural environment
The Garibaldi habitat is the channel islands next to catalina and catalina
cursory
hasty,not thorough
take a quick look at something is cursory
interloper
an unauthorized person
if someone is breaking in your house it’s most likely an interloper
endemic
native exclusive
the garibaldis are endemic to the channel islands near long beach
prolific
producing abundantly
the prolific author couldent think of an ending for the new book
bulwark
protection
the island is bulwarked since you can only get here on boat or helicopter
sedentary
largely inactive, accustomed to sitting
america is super sedentary
frugal
thrifty
frugal isint cheap just being smart with money
antithesis
exact opposite
the antithesis of a male is a female
altruistic
unselfish
you are doing things to be nice is altruistic
embellish
adorn, touch up
when you find a abandoned shack and make it somewhat nice is embellishing it
cache
secret hiding place
a lot of storage on my phone is on my apps caches
coterie
small group having something in common
your fortnite trio would be a coterie
cupidity
greed
he had too much cupidity that he lost everything
cachet
influence, pull
like an idea is cachet
virtuosity
great technical skill
peterbot has virtuosity in fortnite
temerity
foolish boldness
acting like a fool and being brave is termerity
amorous
full of love
couples are amorous anywhere they go
progeny
descendants
when you have little baby’s they are progeny
saturate
soak, fill up completely
saturating a picture makes it more colorful
virtuous
poessing virtues
having forgiveness but not being virtue
