3 Flashcards
Censure
To condemn someone that they have done something wrong
Choler
Anger
Circumspection
Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
Consecrate
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
Cuckold
Husband whose wife has been unfaithful
Cudgel
Short, heavy club
Dilatory
Wasting time
Dissemble
Put on false appearance
Dotage
Old age
Edified
Instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement
Egregious
Conspicuously bad or offensive
Enfettered
Bound or enchained
Epithet
An abusive insulting word or phrase
Expostulate
Express disagreement to dissuade action
Facile
Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
Fulsome
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
Garner
Win or gain something
Hie
To go in a hurry
Homage
A show of reverence and respect
Importune
Bother insistently
Iniquity
Great injustice or extreme immorality
Inordinate
Excessive or unrestrained
Insolent
Showing an aggressive lack of respect in speech or behavior
Laconic
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short
Languish
To be neglected or deprived