TKAM Vocab #3

shambles

Part of Speech: nounDefinition: a place or state in which there is great confusion, disorder, or destruction

Her actions left her family in shambles.

ingenuous

Part of Speech: adjectiveDefinition: very smart or clever

The book has an ingenious plot.

gallant

Part of Speech: adjectiveDefinition: showing courage; very brave

The new student had a very gallant personality as he approached his new peers.

invective

Part of Speech: adjectiveDefinition: of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse

He gave out invective remarks toward an unlucky friend.

contemporary

Part of Speech: adjectiveDefinition: happening or beginning now or in recent times

The new house on our street was very contemporary.

rudiments

Part of Speech: nounDefinition: something unformed or undeveloped

They began to put together the rudiments of the plan.

mausoleum

Part of Speech: nounDefinition: a large tomb; a large gloomy building or room

It is so quiet in here it is like a mausoleum.

umbrage

Part of Speech: nounDefinition: a feeling of being offended by what someone has said or done

She took umbrage at the slightest suggestion of disrespect.

palliation

Part of Speech: verbDefinition: to make the effects of (something, such as an illness) less painful, harmful, or harsh

There are treatments that can palliate the painful symptoms of the disease.

reconnaissance

Part of Speech: nounDefinition: a preliminary survey to gain information; especially an exploratory military survey of enemy territory

They did a reconnaissance of the enemy's position.