Extra Vocabulary

Cards (28)

  • Gauche: awkward and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
  • Ricochet: (typically when a bullet) rebounds off a surface
  • Antithetical: directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.
  • Mecurial: someone who frequently changes their mind or mood without warning.
  • Incandescent (Object): emitting light as a result of being heated
  • Incandescent (Person): lively and impressive.
  • Incandescent (With Rage): someone who is extremely angry.
  • Cynical: the belief that someone always acts selfishly.
  • Cynical (About): belief that something cannot be successful or honest.
  • Lackadaisical: lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.
  • Apoplectic: overcome with anger; furious.
  • Extensive: covers a wide range (physical or non-physical).
  • Covert: secret or hidden actions.
  • Narcissism: excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance.
  • Altrusim: unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
  • Machiavellian: someone cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics.
  • Unscrupulous: having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.
  • Opacity: difficult to see through/understand.
  • Crestfallen: looking sad or disappointed.
  • Patriarchy: system in which men have the most power.
  • Calamitous: very unfortunate or serious.
  • Insurmountable: too great to be overcome.
  • Maim: to injure badly to the point of permanency.
  • Pathological (Person): behaving in a extreme and unacceptable way.
  • Pertains (To Another) : belongs, relates, applies.
  • Morbid: an interest in unpleasant things, specifically death.
  • Ghastly: very unpleasant.
  • Gruesome: extremely unpleasant and shocking.