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Whaleyk
100 words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accoldae | anything sone as a sign of great respect |
| acrimony | bitterness or harshness of temper |
| angst | feeling of anxiety |
| anomally | abnormality |
| antidote | anything that works against an evil or unwanted condition |
| avant-garde | unorthodox style of art |
| baroquw | architecture characterized by more curved lines than straight lines |
| bona fide | in good faith |
| boondoggle | a useless project |
| bravado | display of courage |
| brusque | abrupt in manner |
| byzantine | realting to the characteristics of an orthodox church |
| cacophany | disordance of sound |
| camaraderie | good-fellowship |
| capricious | led by |
| carte blanche | unconditional authority |
| catch 22 | frustrating situation |
| caustic | critical |
| charisma | to give an individtual influence over a large group |
| cloying | causing disgust through excess |
| deja vu | illusion of having previously experienced |
| dichotomy | division into 2 parts |
| dilettante | someone who takes up an art for amusement |
| disheveled | hanging loosly or in disorder |
| elan | dash |
| ennui | feeling of being bored |
| epitome | condensed account |
| equanimity | mental or emotional stability |
| equivocate | to decieve, to use |
| esoteric | understood only by few |
| euphemism | substitution of mild words |
| fait accompli | an accomplished fact |
| fastidious | picky about ones work |
| faux pas | a social mistake |
| fiasco | a complete and ignominious failure |
| finagle | to trick or cheat |
| Freudian slip | mistake in speech or writing |
| glib | readily fluent |
| gregarious | fond of the company of others |
| harbinger | someone that goes agead and makes known the approach of another |
| hedonist | someone whose life is devoted to the persuit of self-gradification |
| heresy | various opinions |
| idiosyncratic | characteristic or habit to a certain person |
| idyllic | charmingly simple |
| indelicate | offensive to a sense of generally accepted property |
| infinitesimal | exceedingly small |
| insidious | intended to trap |
| junket | a trip |
| kitsch | created to appeal to a popular group |
| litany | a ceremonial form of prayer |
| lurid | gruesome |
| machiavellian | acting in accordance to principles |
| malaise | condition od bodily weakness |
| malinger | to pretend illness |
| mantra | a chant or prayer |
| mauldin | tearfully or weakly emotional |
| mercenary | working only for money |
| minimalist | being or offering no more then what is required |
| misnomer | an error in naming a person or thing |
| nercissist | inordinate fascination with oneself |
| nirvana | place characterizes by freedom |
| non sequitur | a statemant with a logical conclusion |
Created by:
meehanenglish
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