Finals LA Vocab Flashcards
Aberration
When something becomes strange/abnormal/unexpected
Accosted
To go up to something/one in a bold or aggressive manner
Ascertain
When someone makes sure of something - to make certain
Cleaved
To chop off something; split or severed in two
Embalming
Mummifying something/one; preserve a corpse from decaying
Feeble
Being weak, most likely after being sick or too old
Vigil
A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep
Antagonize
To aggravate; to cause someone to become hostile
Whittle
To carve an object by cutting small slices out of it
Unfathomable
Incapable of being fully explored or understood
Analogous
Comparable in certain respects
Meditative
Absorbed in thought or meditation
Cherub
A beautiful child or an angel
Dispensation
An exemption from a requirement/rule
Prowess
Superior ability or skill
Bewilderment
Confusing maze or tangle
Aloof
To keep to a distance; reserved or shy
Benign
Having a kindly disposition; Gracious; not harmful
Morbid
unwholesomely gloomy
Fractious
Quarrelsome, eager to pick a fight
Benevolence
A desire to do good to others; charitable
Tyranny
Arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power
Tacit
Understood without being openly said
Ensuing
To be sure that something will be kept
Assuaged
To satisfy, sooth or calm
Chattel
A movable piece of personal property
Unsullied
Not spoiled, pure
Cowlick
A tuft of hair that grows in the opposite direction from the rest of the hair
Imprudent
Lacking discretion or acting rashly
Persevere
To persist in an undertaking; continue steadfastly
Illicit
Not legally permitted or authorized
Sojourn
To stay for a short time in a place
Contentious
Argumentative and quarrelsome
Fraught
Filled with or laden
Habiliments
Clothing or accessories
Haughty
Arrogantly superior or “stuck up”
Voile
A thin, fabric or material
Obliquely
Not in a direct way
Caste
Diving system of people, a status that a person has in a society
Dispelled
Make disappear
Venerable
Accorded a great deal of respect
Facade
Face of building’ to put a face (false front)
Changeling
Child behavior substituted by fairies
Vetted
Careful; to check if something is right
Myopic
Nearsighted
Edification
Improvement; benefit; guidance; an act of uplifting
Begrudge
To envy something of someone; resentment
Venue
A place where something could be held/or something happened like a sports game or a case
Akimbo
When someone has their hands on their hips and their elbows outward
Unobtrusive
Not attracting attention or being suspicious; blending in
Scrutiny
A critical examination/inspection
Gullet
The esophagus
Browbeat
Intimidating someone into doing something using harsh words
Crepey
Wrinkled skin of a usually older person
Chifforobe
Furniture that has drawers on one side and space for hanging on the other side
Battlements
A protective wall at the top of a castle/fort usually that is spaced with openings used to shoot through
