Week 7 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Alacrity
Eagerness, speed
Ameliorate
To improve
Brusque
Short, abrupt, dismissive
Buffet
To strike with force, and arrangement of food set out on a table
Chide
To voice disapproval, scold, reprimand
Chastise
To criticize severely
Cupidity
Greed, strong desire
Debase
To lower in quality, or esteem of something
Decorous
Social proper appropriate
Effervescent
Bubbly lively
Egregious
Extremely bad
Enervate
To week exhaust
Fallacious
Incorrect, misleading
Fastidious
Meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
Hapless
Unlucky
Harangue
A rating speech to give a such speech
Idiosyncratic
Peculiar to one person, highly individualized
Idiosyncratic
Peculiar to one person, highly individualized
Impudent
Casually rude, insolent , impertinent
Latent
Hidden but capable of being exposed
Laudatory
Expressing admiration or praise