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15 Cards in this Set
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Taking advantage, imposing on s.o., over confident. It was ____ of her to borrow money from her father and not repay him.
I hope I won't be considered _____ if I offer some advice. Arrogant, bold, too confident in a way that's rude |
Presumptuous adj. |
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Touching, moving, sad, affection. Water pollution is a_____ example how little people care abt. Our enviroment. |
Poignant |
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Mark of shame or disgrace. His father was a criminal and that has been a _____ all his life.
Because Mary views her deafness as a _____, she often avoids society. |
Stigma |
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An unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action esp. An unwelcome one. When he yelled at his boss, the _____ was that he was fired. The largest _____ from stock market crash was the increase in interest rates that let millions w/o the disabilty. |
Repercussion |
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Flogged--Whipped as punishment or torture. |
Caned- beaten as a punishment. She was Caned |
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Bad, shocking, outrageous. Jack was ____ in church even though we asked him to quiet. |
Egregious |
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adjective(of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated."his widow, Jane, was _____"synonyms: heartbroken, broken-hearted, grief-stricken, beside oneself with grief, devastated, wretched, sick at heart, desolate, despairing, distraught, comfortless;). |
Inconsolable |
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1 the physical landscape: The _______of the Balkans is mountainous. 2 maps of the physical features of an area: The US government makes maps showing the _____ of the USA. |
Topography |
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the payment s.o. gets for work, a reward, (syn.) compensation: The _____for the job is not very much, but job is interesting. |
Remuneration |
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Rudimentary knowledge |
Basic |
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to require by a legal paper, (syn.) to specify: The lease _____ that the rent must be paid on the first of each month.||Her will ____ that her children will receive her house after she dies. |
Stipulate |
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the second of two people or things named: We eat lots of fish and poultry, but we prefer the latter. See: former.adj. 1 later, nearer the end: I disliked the latter part of the book. 2 latter-day: of recent times: Some long-time conservatives distrust the latter-day conservatives now coming into power |
Latter |
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1.an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument."her familiar procedure of creating a strawman by exaggerating their approach"2.a person regarded as having no substance or integrity."a photogenic straw man gets inserted into office and advisers dictate policy" |
Strawman |
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Lots and lots of golf!!!! Would love for you and corrine to come. My daughter will be here until 2/27 and Mitch and Joni are coming 3/1-3/4. So that won’t work. Can you see if u can come when Danielle’s here? That will work well. Otherwise we’ll try to find another time that works for you and corrine. |
Vestige |
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MEDICINEa bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease. |
path·o·gen |
