Literature Exam 3 - Salacker Flashcards
prophetic
adj - accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future
imperial
adj - relating to an empire
recompense
n - conpensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made
v - to make amends to someone for loss or harm suffered; compensate
chastise
v - to rebuke or reprimand severely
beguile
v - to help pass time pleasantly
v - to charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way
entreat
v - toask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something
augment
v - tomake something greater by adding to it
counterfeit
n - fraudulent imitation ofsomething else; a forgery
v - to imitate fraudulently
adj - made in exact imitation of something valuable orimportant with the intention to deceive or defraud
treasonous
adj - involving or guilty of the crime of betraying one’s country
predecessor
n - person who held a job oroffice before the current holder
conjure
v - to call upon to appear, by means of a magic ritual
apparition
a ghost or ghostlike image of a person
pernicious
adj - having a harmful efect, especcially in a gradual way
voluptousness
n - quality ofbeing characterize by luxury or sensual pleasure
adj - relating to or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure
relish
n - great enjoment
v - to enjoy greatly
pertubation
n - a deviation of a system, moving object, orprocess from its regular or normal stateor path, caused by an outside influence
n - anxiety; mental uneasiness
speculatice
adj - engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge
arbitrate
v - to reach an authoritative judgement or settlement
tarring
v - to stay longer than intented; delay leaving a place
usurper
n - a person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force
lament
n - a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
v - to mourn
forged
adj - formed or shaped often with blows or pressure after heating
v - to make or shape with blows or pressure after heating
shroud
n - a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial
infamous
adj - well known for some negative quality or deed