vocabulary

Cards (20)

  • adieu-farewell, goodbye,
  • advent-an arrival;a coming into place or view
  • apex: the top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point
  • assimilate -to absorb fully or make ones own ;to adopt as ones own ;to adapt fully
  • bogus- (adj) false, fake, counterfeit, spurious, phony
  • exorbitant: unreasonably high;excessive
  • interim: the intervening time (adj.): between two things, events, or points of time, temporary
  • inundate (v.)-to flood, overflow;to overwhelm by numbers or size
  • malign:to speak evil of ,slander (adj.) evil
  • meander: (v.)to wander about,wind about;(n.) a sharp turn or twist.
  • metropolis (n.) - a large city.;the chief city of an area
  • momentous(adj.)very important
  • obstreperous(adj): noisy;unruly,diorderly
  • pensive:(adj) thoughtful;melancholy
  • perilous (adj): dangerous
  • shoddy (adj): of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship
  • sprightly (adj): lively, full of life: spicy , flavorful
  • surly (adj) angry and bad tempered;rude
  • tirade(n) : a long angry speech, usually very critical.
  • vagrant (n) : an idle wanderer,tramp; (adj) wandering aimlessly