Deck 26 Flashcards
apprenticeship
n. time spent as a novice learning a trade from a skilled worker
bungle
v. mismanage; blunder
transmute
v. change; convert to something different
caldron
n. large kettle
chicanery
n. trickery; deception
clairvoyant
adj., n. having foresight; fortuneteller
petty
adj. trivial; unimportant; very small
cloying
adj. distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
archetype
n. prototype; primitive pattern
convention
n. social or moral custom; established practice
coronation
n. ceremony of crowning a queen or king
disembark
v. go ashore; unload cargo from a ship
disparate
adj. basically different; unrelated
eclipse
v. darken; extinguish; surpass
egress
n. exit
coiffure
n. hairstyle
fervid
adj. ardent
graduated
adj. arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.)
grotesque
adj. fantastic; comically hideous
illuminate
v. brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten
impassive
adj. without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
inquisitor
n. questioner (especially harsh); investigator
farce
n. broad comedy; mockery
lout
n. clumsy person