BNW VACAB Flashcards
abjectly
adj- in an extremem or bad way
burgeoned
v - to begin to grow or increase rapidly
predestined
v - to destine for a particular fate or purpose
adj - determined in advance by divine will or fate
posthumos
adj - occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator
sililoquized
v - to speak one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
inscrutable
adj - impossible to understand or interpret
runinating
v - to think deeply abt something
caste
n - the system of dividing society into hereditary classes
galvanic
adj - relating to or involving electric currents produced by a chemical action
adj - affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling
deplorable
adj - deserving strong condemnation
preciptous
adj - dangerously high or steep
inaudible
adj - unable to be heard
equilibrium
n - a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced
innocuous
adj - not harmful or offensive
blithe
adj - showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or inproper
prostrating
v - to lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission
discord
n - disagreement between people or things
memento
n - an object kept as a reminder or souvenir of a person or event
estangement
n - the fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group
harbinger
n - aperson or thing that announces or signals the approach of another
pallor
n - an unhealthy pale appearance
exasperated
adj - intensly ittitated and frustrated
v - to irritate and frustrate intensly
interminable
adj- endless
crescendo
n - bitch ur taking music thoery
sacriledge
n - violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred
gesticulating
v - to use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphazise words
paroxysm
n - a sudden attack or vielent expression of a particular emotion or activity
postulate
n - a thing suggested or assumed as a true basis for reasoning, discussion or belief
v - to suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief
tangible
n - a thing that is perceptible by touch
adj - perceptible by touch
turpitude
n - depracity; wickedness