English vocab 13-27 Flashcards
Inert
Adjective
Unable to move or resist motion, slow and apathetic
Fecundity, fecund
(Noun) (adjective)
The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
Livid
Adjective
-furiously angry
-anemic looking from illness or emotion
Wheedle
Verb
Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; sweet talk
Copiously, copious
Adverb, adjective
In an abundant manner
Lurid
Adjective
-Vivid and attention grabbing in a shocking, graphic, or horrible way
-Shining with an unnatural glow
Assail
Verb
Attack someone physically or emotionally
Martyr
Noun/verb
N: one who voluntarily suffers death for their beliefs
V: torture and torment
Torpid
Adjective
Slow and apathetic (lack of emotion)
Capitulate
Verb
Surrender under agreed conditions
Didactically, didactic
Adjective
Instructively (especially excessively)
Disquietude, disquiet
Noun, verb
Feelings of anxiety that makes you tense and irritable
Trite
Adjective
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; banal
Manifest
Verb: Provide evidence for, Stand as proof of, show by ones behavior attitude, or external attributes
Adj: clearly revealed to the mind or sense of judgement
Archaic
Adjective
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period