0376-0400 Flashcards
rapacious
adj. voracious, greedy, plundering
avarice
n. insatiable greed
unflappable
adj. not easily upset or excited (e.g., in a crisis)
aver
v. to declare as true
emasculate
v. to castrate or make effeminate
v. to weaken
dormant
adj. inactive for a period of time
recumbent
adj. leaning, lying down
dote
v. to show excessive affection
frangible
adj. fragile; easily broken
dupe
n. a person who is easily tricked
v. to deceive
magnanimous
adj. noble in spirit, generous in forgiving others
ebb
v. to decrease or recede
n. a decline
n. the outward flow of the tide
wizen
v. to shrive, wrinkle, or wither, as of with old age
countermand
v. to annul, cancel, make a contrary order
ebullient
adj. very excited; joyously enthusiastic