Fourth 20 Flashcards
Adamant
A stone (as a diamond) formerly believed to be of impenetrable hardness
Calcify
To make inflexible and unchangeable (i.e. he looked calcified, as if while he was getting no younger, he could get no older either)
Immure
To inclose within or as if within walls; imprison
Repugnance
Intense disgust (repugnancy). Inconsistency or incompatibility of ideas or statements
Doldrum
A period of stagnation or slump; a period of depression or unhappy listlessness
A region of the ocean near the equator, characterized by calms, light winds, or squalls
Squall
A brief, sudden, violent windstorm, often accompanied by rain or snow
A loud harsh cry
A brief commotion
Pell-mell
In mingled confusion or disorder; in confused haste
Morass
A situation that traps, confuses, or impedes; an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture
Enjambment
(In verse) the continuation of a sentence without the pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Caveat
A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations
Overture
An introduction to something more substantial
Pundit
A source of opinion, a critic
A learned person
Nettlesome
Causing irritation or annoyance
Segue
(1) music- to make a transition directly from one section or theme to another
(2) to move smoothly and unhesitatingly from one state, condition, situation, or element to another
Duplicity
- Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech
2. The quality or state of being twofold or double
