English Words Flashcards
Coercion
To persuade someone to do something by force or threats
Scourge
Cause great trouble or suffering
Decimated
Destroyed
Stealthy
Behaving in a cautious manner
Emphatically
Beyond doubt
Fervently
With strong emotions
Meddle
Intrude others people buisness
Quell
Crush completely or surpress
Sear
Superficially burned
Keelhaul
Punish a sailor by dragging him through the water
Wade
Walk through the water
Conundrum
Difficult problem
Limb
Main branches of a tree or to take a risk
Gist
Central meaning
Hurl
Throw forcefully
Offspring
Immediate descendants of someone
Contrition
Remorseful
Cotillion
Dance from France
Cloying
Overly sweet
Subterfuge
Deceit used to achieve one’s goal
Embolism
Occlusion of a blood vessel
Rekindle
Revive again
Incommunicado
Without desire to be in contact with others
Asinine
Devoid of intelligence