11&12 Flashcards
Agile
Characterized by ability to move quickly with suppleness and grace
Antidote
Something that relives the effects of poison
Ascertain
To find out definitely, to determine
Benevolence
Kindness, generosity, charity
Desolate
Deserted, without inhabitants, barren
Din
Loud and discordant noises, cacophony
Dissuade
To advise against, to talk out of
Distend
To expand, to swell
Enervation
Weakness
Eulogy
Praise or tribute
Fitful
Irregular
Indelible
Cannot be removed, washed away or erased
Inert
Unable to move or to act, sluggish
Malevolence
I’ll will or evil intentions
Obliterate
To remove all traces of, to do away with, to destroy completely, to cancel
Ornate
Excessively decorated
Paucity
Scarcity, few ness of number, dearth
Piety
Devotion and reverence to God
Precarious
Dangerous, risky, not a secure situation
Prosaic
Commonplace, uninspired, banal