CMC vocab 2 Flashcards
Sonorous
A loud deep sound
Avid
Very eager, greedy, desperate for something
Avarice
Desire for money
Allay
Put in rest, calm, quiet down,relief
Cleave
Cut, divide, split
OR put together, stick
apathy
Indifferent, Uninterested, emotionless
Sylph
A slender graceful women
OR supernatural beings
reparation
money that a country or group that loses a war pays because of the damage, injury, deaths, etc.
Convalescence
Recovery of health after illness
ample
providing or doing more than what is needed
Oscillate
To move back and fourth, to keep changing
exposition
clear explanation
Affable
Easy to talk to, approachable
Livid
Angry, gray, dark in color
Filial
Relating to a son or daughter
Decorum
To fix manners
Show respect
Ample
Doing or proving more than needed
Apathy
Opposite of empathy, emotionless, indifferent or uninterested
Flagrant
Noticeable, obvious, bad
ruse
a trick or act to trick someone
Gallows
Wooden frame, execution machine
audacious
very confident and daring, ( can be seen as rude sometimes too )
substantiate
provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.
averse
strongly disliking something
chasm
a deep opening or hole in the earth, or seperation between people, groups, etc.