Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

lang vocab 1/24

TermDefinition
jingoist one who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign
lothario seducer; lover
maverick one who acts independently
nemesis agent of retribution; just punishment.
philanderer one who makes love insincerely, one who engages in passing love affairs
philippic bitter verbal attack
procrustean designed to secure conformity; drastic
protean changeable; taking on different forms.
Pyrrhic victory a victory that is exceptionally costly
quixotic romantically idealistic; impractical
saturnine sluggish; gloomy; grave
solecism substandard use of words; violation of good manners
spoonerism an unintentional exchange of sounds
sybarite one who is fond of luxury and soft living
tawdry cheap, gaudy, showy.
acidulous somewhat acid or sour
avaricious excessively greedy
baleful deadly; sinister
bellicose warlike; of a quarrelsome nature.
bilious bad tempered; bitter
bumptious arrogant: disagreeably conceited.
captious critical; quick to find fault; quibbling.
churlish rude; surly
complaisant willing to please; tending to consent to others' wishes
contrite crushed in spirit by a feeling of guilt
convivial festival; sociable
craven cowardly
debonair courteous, gracious and having a sophisticated charm; suave; urbane.
dyspeptic grouchy; gloomy; a person who suffers from dyspepsia or indigestion
lachrymose sad; mournful; inclined to shed many tears
Created by: mimichs
Popular English Vocabulary sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards