Thursday, August 18, 2016

Vocabulary #1

Obsolete - no longer in general use; fallen into disuse; adj.

Philistine - 
a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values; noun

Meticulous - 
taking or showing extreme care about minute details; adj.

Officious -
objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome; adj.

Peruse - 
to read through with thoroughness or care; verb

Mitigate -
to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate; verb

Perfidy - 
deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery; noun

Morose - 
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood; adj.

No comments:

Post a Comment