9/24 Flashcards
Edification
Improvement or enlightenment
Malfeasance
Misconduct or wrongdoing by public official
Feasible
Capable of being accomplished
Opulent
Possessing great wealth; affluent
Lethargy
State of inactivity or apathy
Laborious
Requiring physical or mental effort
Belabor
To discuss in too much detail; to attack
Abate
To make less active or intense
Anachronistic
Chronologically misplaced
Benevolent
Intending or showing kindness
Deleterious
Harmful to living thing in an unexpected way
Emulate
Strive to be equal or similar to, especially by intimidating
Impetuous
Lack of thought; haste
Prosaic
Not imaginative; ordinary
Spurious
Outwardly similar but without the same genuine qualities
Foliage
Plant leaves
Writhe
To twist into coils or folds to distort
Desolation
State of complete emptiness or destruction
Hallowed
Regarded as sacred or holy
Saturnine
Gloomy