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Frage		Antworten
Bedlam Lernen beginnen		Chaos confusion It was bedlam at our house on the morning of the wedding.
PANDEMONIUM Lernen beginnen		chaos There was pandemonium in the classroom till the head appeared.
Tumultuous Lernen beginnen		very loud; involving strong feeling
Turbulance Lernen beginnen		violent disorder
turmoil Lernen beginnen		confusion
upheaval Lernen beginnen		disturbance
felon Lernen beginnen		one who has committed the crime
Menace Lernen beginnen		Threatening thing
miscreant Lernen beginnen		one who creates trouble
Rogue Lernen beginnen		a violent person
Scoundrel Lernen beginnen		Villan
artful Lernen beginnen		skillfull in cunning way
Artifice Lernen beginnen		trickery
Bilk Lernen beginnen		cheat someone of money, possessions A con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars.
Chicanery Lernen beginnen		trickery It can take several hours in large counties for the ballots to reach the counting station, giving ample opportunity for chicanery.
Crafty Lernen beginnen		sly and decptive
Dupe Lernen beginnen		a person who can easily be fooled
Duplicity Lernen beginnen		double behaviour
Fleece Lernen beginnen		cheat someone of money
Guile Lernen beginnen		trickery
Gulled Lernen beginnen		deceived The immigrant was gulled because he trusted everyone very easily.
Hoodwink Lernen beginnen		cheat or deceive She was hoodwinked into buying a worthless necklace.
Mislead Lernen beginnen		deceive
Swindle Lernen beginnen		cheat someone of money
wily Lernen beginnen		cunning The boss is a wily old fox.
Artless Lernen beginnen		without deception The artless sincerity of a young child.
Credence credible Lernen beginnen		truthfulness, or believability They could give no credence to the findings of the survey.
credulous Lernen beginnen		believing things very easily The law will afford relief to the credulous people who have been duped.
Guileless Lernen beginnen		without deception Jacobs, a sweet and guileless performer, is quite delightful.
ingenuous Lernen beginnen		innocent
naive naivete Lernen beginnen		inncoent
Recapitulate Lernen beginnen		summarize
Rehash Lernen beginnen		repeat or use again, with no or few changes He just rehashes songs from the 60's.
Reiterate Lernen beginnen		repeat
Calamitous Lernen beginnen		disatrous
cataclysm Lernen beginnen		a violent upheaval The immediate cause for this cataclysm was the recession.
Catastrophe Lernen beginnen		disaster
Debacle Lernen beginnen		disaster The revolution ended in a debacle.
coup Lernen beginnen		clever action At this point in time, no one can be sure as to whether the coup was justified.
Apprehensive Lernen beginnen		worried nervous You have no reason to be apprehensive about the future.
cynical Lernen beginnen		always questioning or doubting people or their motives Do you have to be cynical about everything?
dubious Lernen beginnen		doubtfull
questionable Lernen beginnen		doubtfull
skeptical Lernen beginnen		doubtful
dignified Lernen beginnen		dignified proper
Demure Lernen beginnen		shy and reserved She is a demure young lady.
prim Lernen beginnen		formally precise or proper She is much too prim and proper to be a host.
Propriety Lernen beginnen		following what is socially acceptable in speech and behavior Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.
Seemly Lernen beginnen		dignified, proper, and in good taste It was not considered seemly to talk in such a way in front of the children.
Arrogant Lernen beginnen		too proud and looking down on others
Bombastic Lernen beginnen		(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious There were bombastic speeches by party members.
Braggart Lernen beginnen		one who brags I am not trying to be a braggart, but the editors mentioned me frequently in their journals.
Bravado Lernen beginnen		a bold or brave manner Don't threaten me, she whispered with false bravado.
Conceited Lernen beginnen		very proud He is a very conceited person.
Egotistical Lernen beginnen		very proud or self-centered His egotistical behavior prevented him from really loving anyone but himself.
Haughty Lernen beginnen		very arrogant or proud He replied with haughty disdain.
Hubris Lernen beginnen		excessive pride His failure was brought only by hubris.
Pompous Lernen beginnen		arrogant or conceited His speech sounded very pompous and self congratulatory.
Supercilious Lernen beginnen		displaying arrogant pride, scorn, or indifference The jewelry store clerk was very supercilious.
Swagger Lernen beginnen		walk or behave in a very arrogant or proud way He swaggered into the room, looking very pleased with himself.
Vanglorious Lernen beginnen		very proud and boastful He has always come across as deeply untrustworthy and extremely vainglorious.
unassuming Lernen beginnen		modest Sachin Tendulkar is a very unassuming cricketer.
altruist Lernen beginnen		omeone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
Benefactor Lernen beginnen		one who gives money or other support for a good cause He is a generous benefactor.
beneficent Lernen beginnen		kind or generous
benevolent Lernen beginnen		kind or generous
Humane Lernen beginnen		kind or compassionate Campaigners claim that the animals are not being kept in humane condition.
Magnanimous Lernen beginnen		generous
Munificent Lernen beginnen		generous We are extremely grateful for your munificent gift to our cause.
Patron Lernen beginnen		one who gives money or other support She also selects buyers carefully, preferring a patron who is willing to donate works to a museum.
PHILANTHROPIST Lernen beginnen		someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
abstemious Lernen beginnen		not eating and drinking too much
abstinence Lernen beginnen		self control
celibacy Lernen beginnen		the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.
forbear Lernen beginnen		to choose not to do (something that youcould do): to avoid doing or saying(something) He carefully forbore any mention of hername for fear of upsetting them.
refrain Lernen beginnen		to stop yourself from doing something thatyou want to do
temperae Lernen beginnen		having temperatures that are not too hot or too cold.?....... emotionally calm and composed
indulge Lernen beginnen		to allow (yourself) to have or do somethingas a special pleasure
conceivable Lernen beginnen		imaginable orpossible
credible Lernen beginnen		able to be believed
feasible Lernen beginnen		able to be believed
plausible Lernen beginnen		acceptable
pragmatic Lernen beginnen		practical
verisimilar Lernen beginnen		having the appearance of truth
viable Lernen beginnen		capable of being done or used
Audacious Lernen beginnen		vary bold
Brazen Lernen beginnen		shamlessly bold She had become brazen about the whole affair.
cheeky Lernen beginnen		slightly rude or disrespectful
Effrontery Lernen beginnen		insolent or impertinent behaviour. He had the effrontery to accuse me of lying.
Gall Lernen beginnen		bold and rude
impertinent Lernen beginnen		rude Would it be impertinent to ask why you are leaving?
impudent Lernen beginnen		rude During the examination, his conduct was impudent.
insolent Lernen beginnen		rude Her insolent attitude cost her the job.
Nerve Lernen beginnen		boldness
presemptuous Lernen beginnen		bold Would it be presumptuous of me to ask to borrow your car?
temerity Lernen beginnen		excessive boldness He had the temerity to call me a liar.
Flamboyance Lernen beginnen		extravagant and conspicuously dashing display He was flamboyant on and off the stage.
Flaunt Lernen beginnen		showoff He did not believe in flaunting his wealth.
GRANDILOQUENT Lernen beginnen		pompous or bombastic His grandiloquent speech impressed no one.
GRANDIOSE Lernen beginnen		grand, striking or magnificent He could no longer live the grandiose lifestyle to which he had become accustomed.
ostentatious Lernen beginnen		characterized by pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others She wore ostentatious gold jewelry.
Panache Lernen beginnen		Show off She carried off the performance with panache.
Pretentious Lernen beginnen		assume great importance for oneself Bureaucrats are generally lazy, pretentious, and vindictive individuals.
Garrulous Lernen beginnen		very talkative He became garrulous whenever he was extremely happy.
Loquacious Lernen beginnen		very talkative She is a loquacious lady who never runs out of stories to tell.
Prolix Lernen beginnen		using more words than are required This prolix article is telling you more than you want to know.
Verbiage Lernen beginnen		speech or writing using more words than are required The verbiage devoted to the denigration of spell-check could fill a dictionary.
Verbose Lernen beginnen		using more words than are required
Voluble Lernen beginnen		very talkative Evelyn was very voluble on the subject of woman rights.
Abbreviated Lernen beginnen		Shortened
Abridge Lernen beginnen		shorten She has been asked to abridge the movie for television.
Brevity Lernen beginnen		Shortness or conciseness
Condense Lernen beginnen		Shorten
Laconic Lernen beginnen		using few words
Monosyllabic Lernen beginnen		very brief A monosyllabic reply.
Pithy Lernen beginnen		short but expressed well and full of meaning The book is full of pithy observations about how we behave when we travel abroad.
Reticent Lernen beginnen		Quiet not speaking a lot
SUCCINCT Lernen beginnen		to the point
Taciturn Lernen beginnen		quiet not speaking
Cant Lernen beginnen		statements, especially about moral or religious issues, that are not sincere and that you cannot trust is speech was full of political, social and religious cant.
HYPOCRITICAL Lernen beginnen		pretense of having virtues, beliefs, etc., that one does not actually possess
SANCTIMONIOUS Lernen beginnen		pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
Prig Lernen beginnen		a hypocritical person He was a prig so no one listened to his advice.
Prude Lernen beginnen		a person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity. the sex was so ambiguous and romantic that none but a prude could find it objectionable

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