4/17 Flashcards
Adversary
Enemy
Canker
An explosive or festering sore
A caterpillar destructive to plants
Chastity
Abstention for all sexual activity
Civil
Related to the state (nation or government)
Discreet
Prudent; capable of observing necessary silence
Flourishes
Thrives; wave (as in “flourishes a sword”).
Foe
Enemy
Forswear
To renounce or deny under oath
Grievance
Grudge
Importuned
Begged
Languish
To live in a state of depression, illness, or weakened vitality
Loins
The reproductive organs
Marred
Spoiled or blemished
Misshapen
Twisted; pushed out of its original shape
Pernicious
Destructive or deadly
Portentous
Warning of a future (bad) occurrence; weighty or important
Posterity
Off-spring or descendants
Propagate
To continue to reproduce; to pass along to off-spring
Purged
Cleansed; washed clean
Grudge
A feeling of resentment or ill-will
