Study Great Ideas Quiz 1.2 Flash Cards

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Great Ideas Quiz 1.2

abeyance

n. temporary inactivity, cessation, or suspension—usually “in abeyance:” Let's hold that problem in abeyance until we’re ready to deal with it.

visage

n. the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance: a visage of despair

tortuous

adj. full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path

equivocal

adj. susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous: an equivocal answer

egregious

adj. extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar

cuckold

n. the husband of an unfaithful wife; v. to make a cuckold of (a husband)

choler

n. anger; wrath; hot-bloodedness: His inability to control his choler made him unpleasant to be around.

obsequious

adj. characterized by or showing servile deference; fawning: an obsequious bow; servilely compliant or deferential: obsequious servants

myriad

adi. of an indefinitely great number; inumerable: the myriad stars of a summer night.

misogyny

n. hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women (adj. misogynistic; n. misogynist)

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