Study English Vocab Quiz #7 Flash Cards

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English Vocab Quiz #7

gambol

v. To run and skip about playfully; to frolic

wanderlust

n. very strong or irresistible impulse to travel

anomie

n. a crisis of meaning or a lack of moral standards in a society

enunciate

v. to speak, pronounce, express, articulate

annunciate

v. to inform that some future event will happen

scrutiny

n. intense examination of something

boorish

adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible and insensitive in behavior or appearance

shrewd

adj. showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters; artful, tricky or cunning; streetwise

morass

n. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen; Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult

platitude

n. a trite or obvious saying said as though it were brilliantly original; a cliche

disparate

adj. fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

somnambulistic

adj. of a sleepwalking quality

zeitgeist

n. the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation, moral and intellectual trends of an era

picaresque

adj. involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction or folklore

panegyric

n? A formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something (an encomium)

tawdry

adj. tastelessly cheap and gaudy; showy

encomium

n. a formal expression of praise

draconian

adj. Very severe, oppressive or strict

aphasia

n. The inability to understand or create speech, writing, or language due to damage to the speech centers of the brain.

aesthete

n. A person who appreciates and is sensitive to beauty in art and nature.

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