7G Vocabulary Flashcards
Allocate
Distribute
sumptuous
Splendid & expensive looking
prodigious
Great in size
Condolence
Expression of sympathy
Gesticulate
Use gestures instead of words
Exquisite
Extremely beautiful and delicate
Swindle
Use deception to deprive someone of possessions
Misconstrue
Interpret wrong
Raucous
Making a loud noise
Feasible
Possible to do easily
Sinister
Evil/harmful
Byplay
Background character in play
Promenade
Stroll
Excavate
Dig up
Animosity
Strong hostility
Strive
Make a great effort to achieve
Consult
Seek information or advice from
Ramification
A consequence of actions or events
Proverb
Old saying
Pestilence
Fatal epidemic
Scorn
Feeling that something is worthless
Deign
Something below someone
Expedite
Make happen sooner
Perpetual
Never ending or changing
Benign
Gentle, kindly
Avaircious
Greed for wealth
Cunning
Very good at being sneaky & tricky
Dogged
Grim persistence
Relish
Great enjoyment
Appetizing flavor
Scourge
Whip for punishment
Sham
Not what it’s supposed to be
Suite
A set of things belonging together
Retribution
Punishment that is considered morally right
Stodgy
Dull & uninspired
Apprehensive
Anxious of future events
Languor
Pleasant feeling of tiredness
Pinion
Outer part of birds wing (v. To pin back birds wing?)
Wrest
Forcibly pull from grasp
Vex
Make someone feel annoyed/frustrated/worried
Dubious
Hesitating, doubting
Prudent
Acting with or showing care for future
Facilitate
Make easy or easier
Plight
Dangerous situation
Attribute
Giving credit
Stead
A substitute, a role
Fortitude
Courage in pain or adversity
Acquiesce
Accept reluctantly
Candid
Truthful and straightforward
Condone
Accept and allow
Endeavor
Try hard to achieve
Precipitous
Dangerously high, steep
Condemn
Punish
Arbitrary
Based on random choice