List 1 Flashcards
Antipathy
A deep-seated feeling of dislike;aversion
Ascetic
A person who practices severe self-discipline
Decorum
behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety; etiquette
Edifice
Building: especially a large or massive structure
Eulogy
A commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one or high praise
Foliage
A representation of leaves, flowers, and branches
Grievous
Causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or sorrow
Ignominy
Deep personal humiliation and disgrace
Inclement
Lacking mildness: such as a: physically severe: stormy
Inopportune
inconvenient, unseasonable, inappropriate time
Labyrinthine
of, relating to, or resembling a maze like
Lurid
Causing horror or revulsion; Wan and ghastly pale in appearance
Pallor
deficiency of color especially of the face: paleness
Placid
serenely free of interruption or disturbance
Portent
something that foreshadow a coming event
Potentate
Ruler, sovereign broadly: one who wields great part or sway
Propriety
The quality or state of being proper or suitable: appropriateness: conform what is socially acceptable
Quaint
pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
Witticism
A cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark witty
Zenith
The point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir 2. The highest point reached / most powerful or successful