ACT/SAT VOCAB- List 1 Flashcards
Allotment
Portion
Braggart
A vain bolster
Colloquy
Conversation
Convivial
Devoted to feasting, or eating and drinking in food fellowship
Diffidence
Self-distrust
Enmity
Hatred
Flux
A state of constant movement, change, or renewal
Illusion
An unreal image presented to the senses
Jargon
Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech
Martyrdom
Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle
Pinnacle
A high or topmost point, as a moutain peak
Nefarious
Wicked to the extreme
Orator
One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech
Prelude
An introductory or opening performance
Reinstate
To restore to a former state, station, or authority
Ruminate
To chew over again, as food previously swallowed
Stifle
To smother
Stringent
Rigid
Transpire
To come to pass
Wry
Deviating from what is proper or right