DEF Flashcards
A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray.
Vigil
Free from physical or moral spots or stains.
Unmarred
Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.
Uncouth
Make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
Alleviate
Seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth.
Scrounged
Of or due from a son or daughter.:”a display of affection.
Filial
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.
Derision
Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.
Orating
Perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.
Immaculate
Call upon (A spirit or ghost) to appear, by means of magical ritual.
Conjure
Without clearly defined shape or form.
Amorphous
Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.
Guileless
Prevent ( someone) from accomplishing something.
Thwart
Lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.
Gaunt
hold and use
Wield
Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement.
Pacify
Apart; divided.
Asunder
Impossible to harm or damage.
Invulnerable
Revoke, cancel or repeal.
Rescinded
Dislike of or prejudge against people from other countries.
Xenophobia