Week 9 Flashcards
Impresario
One who presents cultural series, organizer
Mr Sean is an impresario
Extortion
Getting money by threats, blackmail
I had a picture of a guy and extorted him with money
Adverse
Unfavorable, harmful
The adverse words offended me
Asset
A valuable thing to have
Imagination is an important asset
Bigot
A narrow minded, prejudiced person
The bigot didn’t like my group of friends and we beat him up
Blatant
Disagreeably loud, very showy
The man was blatantly stupid
Entourage
Group of attendants
The leader ran with an entourage of pitiful people
Virulent
Full of hate, harmful
The virulent bigot was very mean
Venom
Poison, spite, malice
The man spewed venomous words
Spew
Throw up, vomit, eject
The sick man spewed vomit everywhere
Scrutinize
Examine closely
The investigator scrutinized the house
Nefarious
Villainous, vicious
The nefarious man was very rude
Amicable
Friendly, peaceful
The amicable man was very nice
Vexatious
Annoying
The vexatious man kept bugging me
Malady
Any sickness, illness, ailments
The depressed man had a malady