Vocabulary Words
Habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others.
What is to consort?
A pilgrim, especially one who had returned from the Holy Land with a palm frond or leaf as a sign of having undertaken the pilgrimage.
What is a palmer?
An act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure.
What is escapade?
Openly disregard (a rule, law or convention).
What is to flout?
An assessment of the risks, possibilities, or effects of a situation or course of action.
What are calculations?
Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
What is entreat?
Extremely unpleasant.
What is vile?
Last but one in a series of things; second last.
What is penultimate?
The action of a train or trolley car leaving its tracks accidentally.
What is derailment?
The science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.
What are pathologies?
Brave; heroic.
What is gallant?
What is a prologue?
Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.
What is imperious?
Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
What is effervescent?
Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial.
What is dispassionate?
A person whose behavior one disapproves of but who is nonetheless likable or attractive (often used as a playful term of reproof).
What is a rogue?
A person who boasts about achievements or possessions.
What is a braggart?
Wildly irrational or uncontrolled.
What is deranged?
Difficulties; misfortune.
What is adversity?
Use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system.
What is hacked?
Deserving or arousing pity.
What is piteous?
The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
What is to slander?
A passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
What is to lament?
Be in the position of authority in a meeting or other gathering.
What is to preside?
Strengthen one's commitment to a particular strategy or course of action, typically one that is potentially risky.
What is double down?