Lesson 5 Flashcards
acrimony
Bitterness/sharpness of temper,manner or speech; Hostility
affinity
attraction for somone/something with which one feels a closeness or kinship
ambivalent
having mixed,often opposing, feelings about someone or something; indecisive
cessation
a stopping,either final or temporary
emaciated
very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny
enclave
a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory
engender
to bring into being, to produce
exacerbate
to make more severe, bitter or violent
illicit
not allowed, improper or unlawful
indigenous
naturally living or growing in a certain area; native
inexorable
not able to be persuaded, stopped or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless
infatuated
filled with excessive, shallow or foolish love/desire
insatiable
never satisfied; greedy
poignant
painfully moving, affecting or touching
proselytize
to convert someone to a faith, belief or cause