L.a. Vocab Flashcards
Talisman
Noun
•good luck charm
Impalpable
Adjective
•difficult to feel or understand
Ensconce
Verb
•to make yourself very comfortable in a place or position
Loiter
Verb
•to move around slowly or stand especially in a public place without an obvious reason
Contrite
Adj.
•feeling very sorry and guilty for something you did
Lamentation
Noun
•expression of sadness and sorrow
(Cry)
Recrimination
Noun
•the act of bringing a counter charge against an accuser
(Blame)
Mortification
Noun
•a feeling of being very embarrassed
Indignant
Adj.
•angry because of something that is wrong or not fair
Interrogative
Adj.
•in the form of a question or used in a question
Rebuke
Verb
•to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done
Cessation
Noun
•ending or stopping
Chastisement
Noun
•the act of criticizing someone severely
Tacit
Adj.
•understood without being expressed directly
Contemptuously
Adverb
•with a strong feeling and having no respect for someone or something