Ch 8 Flashcards
Admonish (v)
Warn
Advise or urge earnestly
Blandish (v)
To coax with flattery
Fawn
Castigation (n)
Severe criticism or punishment
Deprecate (v)
Express disapproval of
Belittle , disparage
Elegy (n)
A mournful poem
Fervent (adj)
Greatly emotional
Zealous
Grandiloquence (n)
Pompous speech or expression
Heterodox (adj)
Unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic
Imperious (adj)
Commanding,masterful, arrogant, domineering
List (v)
To tilt or lean to one side
Mendicant (n)
A beggar
Nostrum (n)
Cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy
Occult (adj)
Hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
Paucity (adj)
Scarcity, a lacking of
Recondite (adj)
Hidden, concealed, difficult to understand
Sap (v)
To weaken the vitality of
• her energy was sapped by fever
(n) gullible person, a fool
Tender (v)
To offer formally
• she planned to tender her resignation first thing in the morning
Usury (n)
The illegal practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest
Vexation (n)
The state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried
Satiate (v)
To overindulge
Satisfy to the full
