Flashcards
Special Words
Cards in this deck (18)
- 1brusqueRudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
- 2LollygagTo spend time in an aimless or lazy way
- 3TrypophobiaAn aversion to the sight of irregular patterns i.e. clusters of small holes and bumps
- 4petrichora pleasant smell after an intense first rain after hot weather
- 5quellsuppress or crush something completely
- 6circumlocutionthe use of unnecessary wordiness
- 7sanguinaryinvolving or causing much bloodshed
- 8bibliokleptsomeone who has an addiction to stealing books
- 9idiosyncraticpeculiar or individual
- 10squiffeddrunk
- 11masticateto chew
- 12efettelacking strength or courage
- 13egregiousterrible in a way unseen
- 14imperiousdomineering
- 15approbationapproval, usually formally received and given
- 16chicaneryartful deception
- 17zealgreat energy or enthusiasm
- 18galvanizingstimulating, exciting