Deck 2 Flashcards
prodigal
- wasteful
- generous
virile
masculine, manly
ignominious
- contemptible, disgraceful
- degrading
obloquy
verbal condemnation or abuse of a person
effluvium
- an outflow of vapor of invisible particles
- a noxious odor
endemic
- native to a particular area
- constantly present in a particular country or locality
exigent
- calling for immediate attention
- needing more than is reasonable
travail
- very hard work
- intense pain or agony
fatuous
- lacking in seriousness
- vain and silly
sodden
- soggy
- full in action as if from alcohol
sanction
- to give authoritative permission
- to penalize by way of discipline
impetuous
- moving with great force
- sudden or rash action
obtrude
- to force oneself or one’s ideas upon another
- to thrust forward, to eject
ignoble
- ordinary
- dishonorable
laggard
- person who has fallen behind
- moving slowly
levity
- lack of seriousness
- instability
expedient
- convenient in obtaining result
- guided by self-interest
mite
- a small sum of money
- a very small creature
teem
- to be overflowing
- to pour out, to empty
noisome
- harmful
- having a foul odor
occult
- mysterious, beyond the range of ordinary knowledge
- supernatural agencies and affairs
vouchsafe
- to grant or give, as by favor or graciousness
- to allow or permit
parapet
- wall for protection
- a low wall or railing
peremptory
- barring future action
- that which cannot be denied, changed; final
enfranchised
- free from obligation
- to admit to citizenship
