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Haiku Deck #1

Published on Dec 06, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HAIKU DECK #1

BY GRIFF L.
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PROFLIGACY

  • n. reckless wasteful
  • Synonyms: wasteful
  • Antonym: resourceful
  • The profligacy of American consumers is appalling.
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AUSTERITY

  • n. extremely morally strict
  • Synonyms: strict
  • Antonyms: loose
  • The austerity of the child's mother was so severe that he was placed in the hands of social services

HUBRIS

  • n. excessive pride or confidence
  • Synonyms: Pride, overconfidence
  • Antonyms: self-conscious, shame
  • The Greek legend's downfall was his great hubris.

GLOAMING

  • n. twilight or dusk
  • Synonyms: evening, dusk, twilight
  • Antonyms:
  • The gloaming snuck up on the kids playing in the woods.
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ERSATZ

  • adj. inferior to the original object
  • Synonyms: inferior
  • Antonyms: superior
  • The ersatz human clone couldn't even microwave pizza.
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JEJUNE

  • adj. excessively naive, simple, dumb
  • Synonyms: stupid, naive
  • Antonyms: intelligent, insightful
  • The jejune IT worker told the customer to turn his smashed phone on and off again to get it to work.

OBSTREPEROUS

  • adj. noisy and hard to control
  • Synonyms: noisy, loud, rambunctious
  • Antonyms: obedient, quiet
  • The obstreperous children were yelled at by their disturbed neighbors.

CANARD

  • n. false rumor or story
  • Synonyms: lie, rumor, tall tale
  • Antonyms: truth, documentary
  • The canard quickly spread around the middle school.

SANGUINE

  • adj. positive or optimistic attitude
  • Synonyms: positive, optimistic
  • Antonyms: negative, pessimistic
  • The sanguine retirees lived happily in their old folks community.

ALACRITY

  • n. Brisk and cheerful attitude
  • Synonym: brisk, cheerful, enthusiastic
  • Antonyms: depressed, slow, begrudgingly
  • Brimming with alacrity, John gave his speech.