English Exam Flashcards
Define juncture
A particular point in event or time
Define recumbent
Lying down
Define droned
Speak tediously in a dull tone
Define lumbered
Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way
Define scoffed
Having spoken to someone or about something in a mocking way
Define skeptically
Not easily convinced
Define morosely
Selena or I’ll-tempered
Defined grizzled
Cried fretfully
Define mollified
Reduce the severity of something
Define pugnacious
Eager or quick to argue
Define ominously
Something that suggests that something bad is going to happen
Define plaintively
Sounding sad or mournful
Define brusquely
Abrupt or offhand
Define raptly
Completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing
Define subsided
Become less intense
Define reprehensible
Deserving censure or condemnation
Define bemused
Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder
Define cowering
Crouch down in fear
Define wryly
Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor
Define mauled
A wound by scratching and tearing
Define aloof
Not friendly or forthcoming, cool and distant
Define fawning
Give a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection
Define apprehension
Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen
Define sullenness
A sulky or depressed mood
