Impotent Flashcards
Imprecation
A curse
Jocular
Humorous, lighthearted
Juxtapose
To place side by side for comparison
Kinetic
Pertaining to motion
Kismet
Destiny, fate fortune, ones lot in life
Knell
A sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death or funeral
Labyrinth
A complicated network of winding passages, a maze
Lachrymose
Tearful, weepy
Laconic
Using few words short, concise
Lambent
Softly bright or radiant; running or moving lightly over a surface
Languid
Sluggish, drooping from weakness
Lascivious
Lustful or lewd
Legerdemain
Sleight of hand, deception
Libertine
One who leads an immortal life
Machination
An evil design or plan
Macroscopic
Visible to the naked eye
Maelstrom
Whirlpool, turbulence, agitated state of mind
Malapropism
A word humorously misused
Malleable
Capable of being changed, easily shaped
Martinet
A strict disciplinarian, taskmaster
Masochist
One who enjoys his or her own pain or suffering
Mendacious
Lying, false, deceitful
Meretricious
Attractive in a cheap, flashy way
Milieu
Environment, setting
Miscreant
A vicious Poem
Nebulous
Hazy, vague, uncertain
Necromancy
Magic, especially that practiced by a witch
Neologism
Use a new word, making up a new word or definition
Nihilism
A total rejection of established laws
Impotent
Powerless, lacking strength
