English vocab 2

8 cards·by purpleharrypotterfan

miscreant? what part of speech?

noun and adj. behaving badly, offensive, scoundrel

Portentous

adj. predicting the future- foreboding,fateful

odious

adj. unpleasant, low, disputable

pariah

noun, social outcast, outsider, loner

minefest

noun, verb, adj- evident, obvious, apparent

disdain

noun, verb, feeling of contempt, scorn, derision

facetious

adj. sarcastic, not serious, joking

mortified

verb, adj embarrassed, ashamed, humbled