ALongWayGone Flashcards
Auspices (n.)
Support; sponsorship
Ablution (n.)
A Cleansing with water or other liquid
Conjure (v.)
To call or bring into existence
Delve (v.)
To carry-on intensive and through research for data
Enunciate (v.)
To utter or pronounce
Festoon (n.,v.)
A string or Garland as a breeze of flowers suspended in a little curve between two points
to decorate with a festoon
Gyrate (v.)
To move in a circle or spiral
Indelible (adj.)
That cannot be eliminated
Latrine (n.)
Something used as a toilet
Lorry (n.)
Motor truck
Mercenary (n.)
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
Rarity (adj.)
Rare occurrence
Reconcile (v.)
To restore
Repatriate (v.)
To return to one’s own country
Scuttle (v.)
To run with quick hasty steps, scurry
Sporadic (adj.)
Appearing in scattered or isolated instances
Tributary (n.)
A stream flowing into a larger stream
Turmoil (n.)
Estate of great commotion confusion or disturbance