Flashcards: Poetry Vocab
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berniebrug1 on April 10, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 gossamer | adj. extremely or exquisitely light; delicate |
| savant | n. a person of learning, especially someone in a specialized field |
| promontory | n. a prominent mass of land overlooking or projecting into water |
| farouche | adj. unruly or disorderly; wild; lack of social graces |
| arduous | adj. hard to achieve or accomplish |
| consummation | n. the end; death |
| dexterity | n. mental skill or quickness |
| officious | adj. volunteering one's services where they're neither asked nor needed, meddlesome |
| harbinger | n. one that initiates a major change |
| jejune | adj. lacking nutritious value, significance or interest |
| banter | v. to speak or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| heightophile | n. a person who like heights or high places |
| foofaraw | n. a big flashy scene; fuss |
| tantamount | adj. equivalent in value, significance or effect |
| urbane | adj. notably polite or polished in manner |
| irascible | adj. prone to anger; easily provoked, hot- tempered |
| salubrious | adj. promoting health; salutary |
| chutzpah | n. extreme self- confidence |
| acumen | n. keenness and depth of perception, insightful |
| bandy | v. to toss words back and forth casually |