#5 Syd Flashcards
Hue
Color or shade of a color
Desolate
Lacking things that make people feel welcome in a place
Sentinel
Soldier or guard who’s job is to stand and keep watch
Commodity
Something that is bought or sold
Feigned
Not real or fake
Appease
To bring to a state of peace and quiet
Loathsome
Causing feelings of hatred or disgust
Deliverance
The state of being saved from something dangerous or unpleasant
Incense
Extremely angry or upset; pleasing scent
Ascribe
To refer to a suppose source, cause, or author
Melancholy
Sad mood or feeling
Singular
No more than one thing
Propitious
Likely to have or produce good results
Surmise
Thought or and idea based on evidence
Aversion
Strong feeling of not liking something
Epistle
Formal or elegant letter
Vindication
Act of showing that someone is not guilty
Dispensation
Act of dealing out portions
Solicitous
Showing concern or care for someone’s health or happiness
Countenance
Appearance of a persons face
ruminating
Thinking clearly and deeply about something
Acquiescing
Tending to accept or allow what other people want or demand
Lethargy
Lack of energy or interest in doing things
Emancipate
To free someone else’s control or power
Precept
Rule that says how people should behave
Kindred
Persons relatives
Allurement
To attract with something desirable
Despotic
Ruler who has total power and uses it in a cruel way
Servile
Very obedient and trying too hard to please someone
Subsistence
Amount of food, money, etc that is needed to stay alive
