Chapters 1-11 Flashcards
Vapid
Someone or something that is uninteresting or lacking flavor
Malevolent
Someone or something that is harmful or evil
Condescended
To talk to someone with an attitude of superiority or looking down on others
Indigenous
Someone or something native to an area
Vexations
Things that cause you to be annoyed or distressed
Predilection
A tendency toward something, preference
Entailment
Law that limits the inheritance of property
Repertoire
Skills or remembered performance of a particular person
Contemptuous
Someone full of hatred for someone or something
Auspicious
Favorable, successful
Amiable
Someone or something that is likeable, kind, or good-natured
Tacit
Understood or implied without being openly said or shown
Asinine
Silly, stupid, ridiculous
Perpetrated
Something carried out or acted
Probate
Process of proving that a will is valid
Wary
Watchful or cautious
Guilessness
Honesty, innocence
Trousseau
Clothes, jewelry of a bride
Vehemently
Passionately
Reconnaissance
Preliminary actions before taking military work, survey
Undulate
Move in a gentle, rolling, wave-like motion
Cantankerous
Someone who is bad tempered, grumpy
Taciturn
Someone who doesn’t say much