lit vocab week 13 Flashcards
importunate:
burning, claimant, clamorous, relaxed
munificent
beneficent, benevolent, big, careful
equivocal:
ambiguous, ambivalent, dubious, certain
specious:
deceptive, erroneous, false, genuine
anomalous:
abnormal, atypical, divergent, normal
sentience:
alertness, appreciation, attention, disregard
oppressive:
brutal, burdensome, cruel, easy
insufferable:
unbearable, detestable, distressing, delightful
disdainful:
aloof, arrogant, averse, humble
wan:
wan: blanched, bleached, dim, blushing
malady:
cancer, ache, affliction, good health.
cataleptic:
sleeping sickness, encephalitis, encephalitis lethargic, alertness
distemper:
affliction, ailment, disease, ill humor
seraph:
angelic, pious, upstanding, bad
refrain:
abstain, avoid, cease, carry on.
beguile:
deceive, entice, mislead, be honest.
melancholy:
gloomy, grim, mournful, joyful
loathsome:l
abhorrent, deplorable, disgusting, beautiful
pestilential:
baneful, deadly, destructive, safe
copious:
ample, extensive, a mess of, lacking
avarice:
avidity, covetousness, cupidity, generosity
improvident:
extravagant, heedless, imprudent, thrifty
avarice:
avidity, covetousness, cupidity, generosity
pacify:
allay, ameliorate, assuage, aggravate