List 1 Flashcards
Benignity.
(noun) kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
The girl showed benignity toward the sad boy.
Confident.
(adjective) assured.
She felt confident about the taking the test.
Deteriorate.
(verb) to grow worse.
Her illness began to deteriorate and she visited the doctor more frequently.
Epidermis.
(noun) the outer skin.
There are two parts or the skin, the epidermis and the dermis which is the inner layer of the skin.
Gauge.
(noun) an instrument for measuring.
He used the gauge to measure the pole.
Indict.
(verb) to find and declare someone chargeable with crime.
The police indicted someone and made the whole town safer.
Lethargy.
(noun) the sluggishness if body and mind.
She had lethargy before her morning cup of coffee.
Mythology.
(noun) the whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
He checked out a book about mythology from the library and found it quite interesting.
Peddler.
(noun) someone who goes from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail.
A peddler came to our house and tried to sell us goods.
Promenade.
(verb) to walk for amusement or exercise.
We walked around the promenade shops and got ice cream.
Ripplet.
(noun) a small ripple, as if water.
He threw a rock which made ripples form.
Aggregate.
(noun) the entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
The aggregate of 3+4 is 7.
Sustenance.
(noun) food.
They had enough sustenance for the trip.
Vincible.
(Adjective) conquerable.
The king thought that the island was vincible but it wasn’t.
