Fifth 20 Flashcards
Peignoir
A woman’s loose-fitting dressing gown
Mitigate
To make or become less severe or harsh; moderate
Amanuensis
A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary
Bromide
a. A commonplace remark or notion; a platitude. a cliché.
b. A tiresome person; a bore.
Chastened
Adj. corrected by punishment or reproof, restrained or subdued
Ensorcel
To enchant; bewitch
Harbinger
a person or thing that announces or indicates the approach of something; forerunner
Endemic
Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people: diseases endemic to the tropics.
Native
Insurgency
The quality or circumstance of being rebellious.
The state or condition of being in revolt or insurrection.
Sartorial
Of or relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing: sartorial elegance.
Derelict
In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect
Facetious
Joking, esp. at an inappropriate time
Visceral
Intuitive, emotional, etc. rather than intellectual
Abnegation
Renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
(Syn. self-denial)
The monks took to abnegation and scourging as expiation for the sins of the world.
Expiation
Compensation for a wrong; the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a diety)
