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Going Places-Unit 3
Did You Say... Eccentric?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant | abnormal |
| Causing vexation or irritation; troublesome | annoying |
| Usual or ordinary in kind or character | average |
| Be filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock; | be stunned |
| Uninteresting and tiresome; dull | boring |
| Having no remarkable features, characteristics, or traits; ordinary. | commonplace |
| Action or behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards, conventions, rules, or laws | conformity |
| Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary | conventional |
| An eccentric person, especially one with bizarre ideas. | crackpot |
| A grouchy person. | crank (n.) Informal |
| Of, being, or produced by an eccentric person: a crank letter; a crank phone call. | crank (adj.) |
| 1. Affected with madness; insane. 2. fantastic; strange; ridiculous “a crazy dream” | crazy |
| Refuse to go along with; refuse to follow "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" | to disobey someone |
| Arousing no interest or curiosity; boring; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise | dull |
| Informal overcome with astonishment; amazed; astounded | flabbergasted |
| An abnormally formed organism, especially a person or animal regarded as a curiosity or monstrosity. | freak (n.) |
| Highly unusual or irregular: “a freak accident”; “a freak storm”. | freak (adj.) |
| Markedly unusual or abnormal; strange | freakish |
| Employing or showing humor; witty, comical, funny | humorous |
| Extremely foolish or silly. | loony |
| to carry out (instructions or orders); comply with (demands) of someone | to obey someone |
| Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar | odd |
| a strange person or thing | oddity |
| Very unconventional or unusual: manic, "off-the-wall creativity", "off-the-wall humor". | off-the-wall |
| Not belonging; found or used in a very unusual or seemingly impossible context | out-of-place |
| 1. strange or unusual; odd “a peculiar individual”, “a peculiar idea” 2. distinct from others; special | peculiar |
| A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect. Sometimes, excessive self-esteem; conceit | pride |
| Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth | proud |
| Deviating from the expected or normal; strange: a queer situation. | queer |
| To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention | rebel (v.) |
| One who rebels or is in rebellion | rebel (n.) |
| Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government. | rebellion |
| To experience or cause to experience extreme horror, disgust, surprise, etc. | to shock |
| Cause to conform to standard or norm; "The weights and measures were standardized" | to standardize |
| Arresting the attention and producing a vivid impression on the sight or the mind; conspicuous; noticeable | striking |
| Stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book" | thought-provoking |
| Not adhering to convention; out of the ordinary. | unconventional |
| 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural. 2. Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange. | weird |
| A sudden, passing, and often fanciful idea; impulsive or irrational thought. | whim |
| Spontaneously fanciful or playful, capricious, quaint, unusual, or fantastic. | whimsical |
Created by:
Mrs.Ryan
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