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inflatable

able to be inflated (= filled with air or gas): an inflatable mattress (n/v)

eerie

strange in a frightening and mysterious way: She heard the eerie noise of the wind howling through the trees. He had the eerie feeling that he had met this stranger before.

impressionable

easily influenced by other people, especially because you are young: He's at that impressionable age when he's very easily led by other children.

subconscious

the part of your mind that notices and remembers information when you are not actively trying to do so, and influences your behavior even though you do not realize it: The memory was buried deep within my subconscious.

slapstick

a type of acting intended to be amusing because of the timing of fast physical actions, typically of someone falling or being hit by something or someone

farce

a humorous play or movie where the characters become involved in unlikely situations

slavish

obeying completely and having no original thoughts or ideas: a slavish devotion to duty a slavish translation

submissive

allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals: He was looking for a quiet, submissive wife who would obey his every word. In the presence of older birds, the younger eagles tend to be submissive.

feat

something difficult needing a lot of skill, strength, courage, etc. to achieve it: The Eiffel Tower is a remarkable feat of engineering. She performed remarkable feats of organization for the company.

frank

honest, sincere, and telling the truth, even when this might be awkward or make other people uncomfortable: a full and frank discussion There followed a frank exchange of views.

blunt

not sharp/saying what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings: I'll be blunt - that last piece of work you did was terrible.

hallmark

a typical characteristic or feature of a person or thing: Simplicity is a hallmark of this design. This explosion bears/has all the hallmarks of (= is likely to have been) a terrorist attack.

gung-ho

extremely enthusiastic about doing something, especially going to war: The film stars Mark Burgess-Ashton as the gung-ho young fighter pilot. Mrs. Mahmood had organized the street party with her customary gung-ho zeal.

zeal

great enthusiasm or eagerness: reforming/missionary/religious zeal a zeal for money-making

ebb (V/N)

(of the sea or its tide) to move away from the coast and fall to a lower level, or, more generally, (of something) to become less or disappear: He could feel his strength ebbing (away).

go off on a tangent

to suddenly start talking or thinking about a completely new subject: It's hard to get a firm decision out of him - he's always going off on a tangent.

tanscendental

A transcendental experience, event, object, or idea is extremely special and unusual and cannot be understood in ordinary ways: a transcendental vision of the nature of God

otherwordly

more closely connected to spiritual things than to the ordinary things of life: The children in the picture look delicate and otherworldly, as though they had never run or played.

cease and desist

to stop doing something, such as operating a business, because of a legal order or because of the threat of legal action: Canada's Competition Bureau declared the new company "anti-competitive" and ordered it to cease and desist.

reciprocate

to share the same feelings as someone else, or to behave in the same way as someone else: Sadly, my feelings for him were not reciprocated. We invited them to dinner and a week later they reciprocated.

concussion

temporary damage to the brain caused by a fall or hit on the head or by violent shaking: I think he may have had a concussion. Many patients with concussions are not seen by a neuropsychologist.

take exception to sth/sb

to be offended or made angry by something or someone: Why did you take exception to what he said? He was only joking