More Words Flashcards
Prostrate
lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
“she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church”
Redolent
1.
strongly reminiscent or suggestive of.
“names redolent of history and tradition”
Similar:
evocative
suggestive
reminiscent
remindful
2.
ARCHAIC•LITERARY
fragrantorsweet-smelling.
“a rich, inky, redolent wine”
Reticence
an unwillingness to do something or talk about something, for example because you are nervous or being careful
Spys are reticence to talk about their missions
Enervation
a feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; fatigue
Ululation
howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief.
“women were ululating as the body was laid
Dilate
make or become wider, larger, or more open.
Fugue
PSYCHIATRY
a state or period of loss of awareness of one’s identity, often coupled with flight from one’s usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.
Diminutive
extremely or unusually small
Reticence
an unwillingness to do something or talk about something, for example because you are nervous or being careful
Nascent
adjective
(especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
“the nascent space industry”
Similar:
just beginning
budding
developing
growing
embryonic
incipient
young
in its infancy
fledgling
evolving
emergent
emerging
rising
dawning
advancing
burgeoning
naissant
CHEMISTRY
(chiefly of hydrogen) freshly generated in a reactive form.
Apostasy
noun
the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.
“the execution of their leader for apostasy brought widespread criticism”
Ascetic
adjective
characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
“an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor”
Similar:
austere
self-denying
abstinent
abstemious
nonindulgent
self-disciplined
frugal
simple
rigorous
strict
severe
hair-shirt
spartan
monastic
monkish
monklike
nunlike
reclusive
solitary
cloistered
eremitic
anchoritic
hermitic
celibate
continent
chaste
puritanical
self-abnegating
otherworldly
mortified
Opposite:
sybaritic
noun
a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.
Vapid
adjective
offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
“tuneful but vapid musical comedies”
susurration
Whispering, murmuring
Simulacrum
an image or representation of someone or something.
“a small-scale simulacrum of a skyscraper”
an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute.
“a bland simulacrum of American soul music”
