vocabulary #1

acrimony (n) - bitter, sharp hostilitym especially in speech

bourgeois (adj) - relating to or typical of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes

cacophony (n) - a jarring, discorfant mixture of sounds

carte blanche (n) - unrestricted power to act at one’s disrection; complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks

deja vu (n) - an impresssion of having seen or experienced something before

ennui (n) - listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from a lack of interest; boredom

faux pas (n) - a social blunder

idiosyncratic (adj) - particular to a specific individula or group; having strange or unusual habits, ways of being/features

kitsch (n) - art or other objects appearig to popular taste, as by being gaudy or overly sentimental

panacea (n) - a remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure all

philistine (n) - a person who is smugly indifferent or antagonistic of art or culture or has no understanding of them

quid pro quo (n) - something given in return for something else or accepted as a reciprocal part of an exchange.

Svengali (n) - a peron who manipulates or controls another for malicious purposes especially by force of personality

vicarious (adj) - experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person