Chap 1-8 Flashcards
Lurid
Vivid in color
Annihilate
Completely destroy
Insructable
Impossible to understand
Repugnance
Intense disgust
Exhortation
An address emphatically urging someone to do something
Talisman
Object thought to being good luck
Mutability
Tendency to change
Caprice
Sudden change in mood
Inexplicable
Unable to be explained
Perverse
Showing deliberate desire to act unacceptably
Malicious
Intending to do harm
Constrained
Compel or force
Evoked
Bring to mind
Reviled
Criticize in an angry manner
Inviolable
Never to be broken
Impelled
Drive, force, or urge
Imperatively
Vital importance
Behest
Persons order or command
Transgression
Misdeed
Imbibe
Drink especially alcohol
Adduced
Cite as evidence
Apprehension
Anxiety or fear that something bad will happen
Ponderous
Slow and clumsy
Pertains
Appropriate, related, or applicable
Edifice
Large, imposing building
Inauspicious
Not conducive to success
Indubitably
Undoubtedly
Venerable
Accorded a great deal of respect
Iniquity
Immoral behavior
Ignominious
Deserving or causing public disgrace
Haughty
Arrogantly superior
Inferred
Deduce or conclude
Disdainful
Showing contempt
Remonstrance
Forcefully reproachful protest
Visage
Persons face
Manifest
Clear or obvious
Imperceptible
Not noticeable
Sagacity
Shrewd
Eminent
Famous and respected
Tremulous
Shaking or quivering
Effectual
Successful
Pervaded
Spread through
Amenable
Open and responsive
Demeanor
Outward behavior
Intimated
Imply or hint
Peremptory
Insisting on immediate attention
Efficacy
Ability to produce desired result
Feigned
Pretend