Deriv 2.1-2.4 Flashcards
Nourishing, connected with food or nutrition
Alimentary
Mutilate by cutting or tearing the limbs
Dismember
Pliant; adjustable to change
Flexible
A thin soft layer or tissue covering an organ in the body
Membrane
Fruitful, futile, producing something in abundance
Prolific
A pursuit, a seeking
Quest
To preach to, extort, lecture
Sermonize
Characterized by luxury, elegance, and sensual pleasure
Voluptuous
Loud, noisy
Clamorous
Scornful, disdainful, full of contempt
Contemptuous
Plentiful, abundant
Copious
Not knowing how to read or write, showing limited knowledge of a particular field
Illiterate
Having no limits, without a beginning or an end
Infinite
Overly submissive, much too willing to serve or obey
Obsequious
Offering unnecessary and unwarranted advice
Officious
Wealth, riches
Opulence
Dishonesty
Improbity
The chanting of words or formulas to cast a spell
Incantation
Excessive talkativeness
Loquacity
Dying
Moribund
Plundering, grasping, voracious
Rapacious
The state of being carried away with joy, love, ecstasy
Rapture
Lavish, magnificent, splendid
Sumptuous
Silence
Reticence
Beginning
Nascent
Small
Meager
Enlarge, make greater, increase
Augment
The quality of being brief, concision
Brevity
Hairy or tufted
Comate
Badges, emblems, or other distinguished marks of rank
Insignia
Customs that through general observance develop the force of law
Mores
Tranquil, calm
Pacific
Appease, establish peace with
Pacify
Of space, happening or existing in space
Spatial