Crucible Flashcards
Adamant
Adjective : utterly unyielding in attitue or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, ect.
Definition: A stone formley believed to be of impemetrable hardness.
Sentence:The doctor has been absolutely adamant that she wasn’t going to get better.
Afflict
Verb
definiton: To distress so serverly as to cause persistent suffering or anguish.
An Afflicted person seems to have pretty good justification for being that way.
Beguile
Verb
Definition: To lead by decpetion or engage the interest of by or as if by guile.
Natasha had a way of beguiling any man, no matter what she did or wore. She was the quintessential attractress.
Confounded
Verb
Definition: confused or damned
Germany has often confounded her critics by continuing to attract foreign investment despite her high wage costs.
contention
Noun
Definition: A struggle together in opposition
It was their client’s contention that the fire was an accident
Contiguous
Adjective
Definition: Touching in contact
Some presidents served contiguous terms in office.
Deference
Noun
Definition: respectful or courteous regard, in deference to his wishes
In deference to her aunt’s age, Debbie let the older woman go first into the restaurant.
Effrontery
Noun
Definition:an act or instance of this.
Despite himself, the professor smiles at the young effrontery before him.
Formidable
Adjective
arousing feelings of awe or admiration because of grandeur, strength.
In the last presidential election, Barack Obama was a formidable opponent .
Grave
Noun
Definition: an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.
Her son even dug a grave in the garden.
Incredulous
Adjective
Definition: not credulous disinclined or indisposed to believe skeptical.
The costumed hero was greeted by incredulous stares from the crowd below
Malign
Verb
Definition: To speak harmful untruths about, speak evil of slander defame
The boy next door was a malign influence on her son.
Manifestation
Noun
Definition: An act of manifesting.
It is only during the full moon that the manifestation of the werewolf occurs in a human.
Predilection
Noun
Definition: a predisposition, preference, or bias
He seems to have a predilection for finding himself in strange situations.
Pretense
Noun
Definition: A false show of something
Her work has no pretense of applicability to human medicine.
Prodigious
Adjective
Definition: Wonderful or Marvelous
We went on a prodigious research grant.
Purged
Verb
Definition: To rid, clear or free.
She was suffering from anorexia, she felt the need to purge every time she ate.
Quail
Noun
Definition: a small, Migratory,gallinaceous game bird.
he had no choice but to quail in fear when the killer turned the gun in his direction.
Rankle
Verb
Definition: To continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment
Our discussion on politics rankled me to the point that I didn’t want to speak to him anymore
Sniveling
Verb
Definition: To weep or cry with sniffling
The Children were Sniveling because they weren’t aloud to play in the snow.
