8-28 Vocab Flashcards
Deft
(adj.) skillful and quick in ones movement; demonstrating skill and cleverness
deftly (adv.)
SYN: adroit; adept; proficient; able
ANT: sluggish; clumsy; incapable
Herald
(n.) an official messenger bringing news; a sign that something is about to happen
SYN: messenger; courier; harbinger
Lament
(v.) to grieve over or regret deeply
lamentation (n)
Squeamish
(adj.) easily shocked or sickened
squeamishly (adv)
squeamishness (n)
Cumbersome
(adj.) hard o carry; bear; or manage;
Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use.
Tirade
(n) a long; angry speech or criticism or denunciation
SYN: rant; diatribe
Cursory
(adj.) quick and not thorough; hasty so therefore not thorough or detailed.
cursorily (adj.)
Animosity
(n) open hatred; strong hostility
ANT: goodwill; friendship; love
Brood
(v) to think or worry persistently or moodily about something; fret
(n) a family of young animals produced or hatched at one time
Bane
(n) cause of ruin or harm; cause of great distress or annoyance
Allay
(v) to lesson or calm; to put at rest; assuage; diminish
ANT: increase; intensify
Expedite
(v) to speed up the process of; to make something happen or be accomplished more quickly
ANT: delay
Fickle
(adj.) having changeable or inconsistent feelings; changing frequently ones loyal ties it interests on affection.
Query
(n) a question
(v) or ask a question
Ensue
(v.) to come after, to result from.
ensuing (adj.)
