3 Flashcards
Legionnaire
A member of any legion
Litany
A prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications
Lugubrious
Exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
Lurid
Gruesome
Mica
Any of various minerals
Mizzenmast
The after and shorter mast of a yawl
Modulated
Adjusted or kept in proper measure or proportion
Moribund
Being in the state of dying
Obsequiously
Marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
Obtrude
To thrust forward or upon a person
Perdition
Eternal damnation
Pestiferous
Bringing or bearing disease
Placidity
Pleasantly calm or peaceful
Portico
Porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns
Prevaricator
Liar
Propitiatory
Intended to reconcile or appease
Rapacity
Giving to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed
Recondite
Beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding
Recrudescence
New outbreak after a period of inactivity
Rent
To tear apart, split, or divide