English Vocab Week 7 Flashcards
Gird
v. to prepare for an event or an action
Daunt
v. to make afraid; to discourage
Daunt ant
encourage
Flux
n. a state of continual change or movement
Flux ant
stability; solidity
Hovel
n. a wretched living place; an open shed
Hovel ant
palace; mansion
Cadaverous
adj. of or like a corpse; pale; gaunt; thin
Cadaverous ant
robust; healthy
Gothic
adj. of the middle ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction
Penury
n. extreme poverty
Penury ant
wealth; opulence
Egress
n. an exit; a means of going out
Egress ant
ingress; entrance
Felicity
n. happiness; bliss
Felicity ant
unhappiness; discontent
Despot
n. a dictator with absolute power
The suffix ism means
“belief in”
The root deci means
“ten”
The prefix anti means
“against”
The roots duc and duct mean
“to lead”
The root do means
“to give”