Deck 09 Flashcards
Exhort
To urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently
Reproof
The act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking
Askance
With suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval
Careen
(Of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion To cause (a ship) to lie over on a side, as for repairs or cleaning; heave down
Carom
Any strike and rebound, as a ball striking a wall and glancing off
Gyrate
To move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl
Meander
To proceed by taking a winding or indirect course
To wander aimlessly; ramble
To define the margin of
Serrated
Having notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting
Sidle
To move sideways or obliquely
To edge along furtively
Sinuous
Having many curves, bends, or turns; winding
Indirect; devious
Circumlocution
A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; use of more words than necessary to express an idea
Esurient
Hungry; greedy
Extol
To praise highly; laud; eulogize
Auspice
Patronage; support; sponsorship
Favorable sign or propitious circumstance
Fey
Doomed; fated to die
Supernatural; unreal; enchanted
Being in unnaturally high spirits, as were formerly thought to precede death
Prognosticate
To forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy
Fetter
A chain or shackle placed on the feet
Anything that confines or restrains
Forfend
To defend, secure, or protect
To fend off, avert, or prevent
Doleful
Sorrowful; mournful; melancholy
Elegiac
Used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy
Expressing sorrow or lamentation
