Bonus Terms 1 Flashcards
Alloy
To commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed = pure
Appropriate
To take for one’s own use; to confiscate
Arrest; arresting
To suspend; to engage; holding one’s attention; as in an arresting portrait
August
Majestic, venerable
Bent
Leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
Broach
To bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about
Brook
To tolerate; to endure; to countenance
Cardinal
Major, as in cardinal sin
Chauvinist
A blindly devoted patriot (among other meanings)
Color (v)
To change as if by dyeing, or affect
Consequential
Pompous, self important
Damp
To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
Die
A tool use for shaping, as in a tool and die shop
Essay
To test or try; to attempt; to experiment
Exact
To demand; to call for; to require; to take
Fell
To cause to fall by striking
Fell (adj.)
Inhumanely cruel (fell dragon)
Flag
To sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
Flip (adj.)
Sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant
Ford
To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream