18-19 Flashcards
Couture
Future
(That’s what we’ll be wearing, the couture of the future)
Fashion designs. Noun
Castigate
Passed the gate
To criticize harshly. Verb
Doldrums
Doll drums
(All covered with dust, the doll drums were in doldrums)
Depression. Noun
Entomb
Room
(Ahmed,you fool, you have entombed us in the burial room)
To place in a grave. Verb
Draconian
Dracula
(Count Dracula often behaved in a draconian manner)
Cruel. Adjective
Expunge
Sponge
(A sponge expunging a spill)
To erase. Verb
Serpentine
Serpent teen
(A serpent teen hot redding on a serpentine road)
Snakelike. Adjective
Joust
Mouse
(Jousting mouse)
To fight. Verb
Revere
Paul revere
(Paul Revere is revered)
To honor/respect. Verb
Spurn
(Burn(
(Robert got burned when he was spurned)
To reject. Verb
Tyro
Tie rope
(You could tell by the way he tied rope that he was tyro)
A novice. Noun
Volition
Go fishin
The act of making a choice. Noun
Pillage
Village
(The pirates pillage the village)
To take as spoils. Verb
Misnomer
Miss homer
(What a misnomer, our little miss homer struck out)
An incorrect name. Noun
Guile
Mile
(Billy used guile while running the mile)
Trickery. Noun
Misanthropic
Miss anthropy
(Miss anthropy was a misanthropic person)
Someone who hates people. Noun
Myriad
Mirror add
(Mirrors add a myriad of reflections)
A lot.
Stupefy
Super fly
(I am super fly)
To numb with amazement. Verb
Queue
A line. Noun
Reminisce
Rim miss
(He’s reminiscing about his rim miss)
To remember. Verb
Surfeit
Surfers
(There’s a surfeit of surfers)
Having too many. Noun
Umbrage
Dumb bridge
(He took umbrage when people say that it’s a dumb bridge)
To take offense.
Vertigo
Where to go
(The test pilot developed vertigo and didn’t know where to go)
A sense of dizziness. Noun
