Hard Words Flashcards
Impregnable
unable to be defeated or overcome.
Impénétrable
Betwixt
Between
Larceny
Theft
Stealing
Trenchant
vigorous or incisive in expression or style
Apothecary
a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs
Imbrue
stain (something, especially one’s hands or sword)
Prodigious
remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
Adjourn
break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later
Regale
entertain or amuse (someone) with talk
Scale
each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.
Fowl
Poultry
a gallinaceous bird kept for its eggs and flesh; a domestic cock or hen.
Goad
provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
Omnipotent
having great power and influence
Imperious
arrogant and domineering
Gallant
(of a person or their behaviour) brave; heroic
Lament
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
Coupling
a device for connecting parts of machinery.
Menace
a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.
Arid
(of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.
Pilfer
steal (things of little value
Absolve
Clear
(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.
Impel
drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something.
Disclosure
Revelation
the action of making new or secret information known.
Dregs
the most worthless part or parts of something
Infirmity
physical or mental weakness
Venerate
regard with great respect; revere
Perspicuity
something that can be seen through, i.e., to lucidity,
Penitence
the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance.
Candid
truthful and straightforward; frank
Dogged
having or showing tenacity and grim persistence
Sullen
bad-tempered and sulky
Obstinate
Stubborn
stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
Bawl
shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly
Shroud
a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial.
Disdain
the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect
Appendage
a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.
Obstinacy
the quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness.
Adamantine
unable to be broken.
Rampage
(especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner.
Allude
suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at
Studious
spending a lot of time studying or reading
Trepidation
a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen
Damnatory
conveying or causing censure or damnation.
Censure
Criticise
express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.
Ambush
a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.
Mercenary
Money-oriented
primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
Suborn
bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.
Perjury
Lying under oath
Retaliation
Counterattack
the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge.
Visage
a person’s face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features.
Stipulate
demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.
Dismal
causing a mood of gloom or depression
Inveterate
having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change
Fawning
displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious
Abject
(of a situation or condition) extremely unpleasant and degrading.
Niggard
a mean or ungenerous person; a miser
Loiter
stand or wait around without apparent purpose.
Abyss
a wide or profound difference between people; a gulf.
a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm
Harbour
a place of refuge
Extenuate
Excuse
cause (an offence) to seem less serious.
Engender
cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).
Smoulder
show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion
Ferocity
Brutality
the state or quality of being ferocious
Supercilious
Haughty
behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.
Implore
Beg
beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
Incursion
an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.
Yonder
at some distance in the direction indicated; over there.
Haggard
Tired
looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering
Evasion
Avoiding
Dodging
Rhapsody
an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling.
Inaptitude
lack of suitability or skill
Miser
a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible.
Stingy
Mean; ungenerous
