English 2- vocab #1

Ostracize

(v.) to exclude from a group, banish, send away

Innumerable

(adj.) too many to count, without number, countless

Qualm

(n.) serious doubts

Sadistic

(adj.) deriving pleasure from inflicting pain or suffering

Exhibitionist

(n) a person who behaves in an extravagant way in order to attract attention

Monotonous

boring; repetitive

Unscrupulous

(adj.) having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair

Sterling

(adj) genuine, excellent; superior

Bourgeois

(n.) a middle-class person, capitalist

Sacrilegious

(adj) Against religion

Furlough

(n) a leave of absence

Inane

(adj.) silly, lacking meaning

Digress

(v) go off-topic when speaking or writing

Harrowing

(adj.) greatly distressing, vexing

Reciprocal

(adj) fair or even in an exchange