English Vocab Week 4
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29 terms
French | English |
|---|---|
 Audacity | Reckless daring; rude boldness |
| Boor | A crude, uncouth, ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement |
| Brazen | Able to undergo adversity with bold self-assurance |
| Cheeky | Offensively bold |
| Decorum | Propriety in manners and conduct; appropriateness |
| Dogged | Stubbornly perservering |
| Dogmatic | Characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles |
| Finesse | Subtly skillful handling of a situation |
| Fortitude | Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage |
| Fractious | Unruly or a trouble-maker; pevish; cranky; unwilling to respect authority |
| Gaffe | A blunder or awkward social moment |
| Iconoclastic | Attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs |
| Icorrigible | Unable to be reformed or corrected |
| Intractable | Difficult to mold or manage |
| Intransigent | Stubbornly uncompromising |
| Intrepid | Invulenrable to fear or intimidation; fearlessly brave |
| Nuance | A subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude |
| Obdurate | Hardened against feeling |
| Obstreperous | Noisily and stubbornly defiant |
| Propriety | Correct or appropriate behavior |
| Protocol | Code of correct conduct |
| Recalcitrant | Marked by stubborn resistance to authority |
| Refractory | Stubborly resistant to authority or control |
| Resolute | Characterized by quickness and firmness; bold and determined |
| Restive | To resist control or be impacient under restriction |
| Savoir Faire | The ability to know the correct thing to do |
| Seemly | According with custom or propriety |
| Temerity | Exhibiting a foolish disregard for danger |
| Undaunted | Undiscouraged or fearless, especially when faced by dangers or difficulty |
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