Deck 27 Flashcards
MORASS
a wet swampy bog; metaphorically: something that traps and confuses
OBLIQUE
indirect; not straightforward
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties
PELLUCID
easily intelligible; clear
PERTINACIOUS
stubborn, persistent
PETULANCE
rudeness, irritability
PITHY
Concise and forcefully expressive
PRIMEVAL
original, ancient
PROBITY
virtue, integrity
PRURIENT
possessing an extraordinary interest in sex
PUERILE
juvenile, immature
QUAGMIRE
a difficult situation
QUIXOTIC
idealistic, impractical
RECTITUDE
uprightness, extremely moral
RESTIVE
resistant, stubborn
RIBALD
crude humor
SOLIPSISTIC
believing that oneself is all that exists; extremely self-absorbed
TRANSMUTE
to change or alter in form
USURP
to seize by force, to take possession without right
WANTON
undisciplined, lewd, lustful
WIZENED
dry, shrunken, wrinkled