Last Test For English 9 Flashcards
Temperate
Adj
Moderate; not extreme(usually refers to weather)
Valiant
Adj
Boldly courageous; heroic; fearless
Toil
Verb
To engage in hard and continuous work
Pernicious (sat)
Adj
Causing extreme harm, injury or ruin; harmful
Transgression
Noun
Violation of a law or command; an act of wrongdoing
Languish
Verb
To be or become weak; to drop or fade; to lose liveliness
Mar
Verb
To damage or spoil to a degree to make less perfect attractive or useful
Warrant
Verb
To guarantee as true; to give autharity to; to give ones word
Disparage
Verb
To speak teat badly; to put someone down; to be little
Loathe
Verb
To feel disgust or hatred toward something
Conjure
Verb
To produce or bring about, as if by magic; to call upon a spirit by using a spell; to cause to appear
Wanton
Adj
Without concern for what is right; careless;reckless; immoral
Irony
Noun
Situation in which the outcome is the opposite of what was, or what might have been, expected
Affliction
Noun
A state of pain, distress, or misery; a cause of mental or physical pain
Feign
Verb
To represent or invent fictitiously; to make believe or pretend
Exile
Verb
To banish or separate someone from his/ her country, community or home
Lament
Verb
To feel or express sorrow or regret for something; to mourn or feel grief
Digress
Verb
To wonder away from the main topic or purpose( usually in speaking or writing)
Inundate
Verb
To flood or cover with; to overwhelm
Solace
Noun
Comfort during sorrow or trouble; the relief of distress or discomfort
Melancholy
Adj
Showing sadness, depression or serious thoughtfulness
Presage
Verb
To predict or foreshadow
Pugnacious
Adj
To fight or argue; combative; look for a fight
Morose
Adj
Gloomy, unhappy, demonstrating a foul mood
Isolate
Verb
To set apart; to detach or separate so as to be alone
Assert
Verb
To state with confidence of force; to state strangely or positively
Detrimental
Adj
Causing harm, loss of injury; damaging
Conscious
Adj
Aware of ones own existence, senations thoughts, surroundings, ect.
Ameliorate
Verb
To make or become better or more bearable; improve
Earnest
Adj
Serious in intention; purpose or effort; showing sincerity of feeling
Hyberbole
Noun
Obvious and intentional exaggeration