HAIKU DECK #1

PROFLIGACY

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

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.

ERSATZ

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

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.