English Vocab Week 4
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29 terms
French | English |
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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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