Night Vocabulary Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

a family name

A

surname

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

hindered or restricted in some way

A

encumbered

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

absolutely; in an unqualified way

A

profoundly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

leaving one area to settle in another

A

emigration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

short, humorous stories

A

anecdotes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

deep sadness or depression

A

melancholy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

restrictions

A

constraint

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

necessary supplies such as food and water

A

provisions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

known widely and unfavorably; infamous

A

notorious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

completely lacking or empty

A

devoid

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

clear understanding

A

lucidity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

returning to health after an illness

A

convalescent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

a group of vehicles traveling together

A

convoy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

violent mental agitation or wild excitement

A

frenzy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

second of two things

A

latter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

boisterous and disorderly

A

raucous

17
Q

treacherous action to defeat a cause

A

sabotage

18
Q

grief or mourning

A

lamentation

19
Q

emptiness

A

void

20
Q

made thin due to starvation

A

emaciated

21
Q

passed

A

elapsed

22
Q

lacking strength, weak

A

feeble

23
Q

steadily and persistently

A

relentlessly

24
Q

to take something away

A

deprive

25
Q

lack of emotion or feeling

A

apathy

26
Q

ashen; pallid appearance

A

livid

27
Q

the least desirable portions

A

dregs

28
Q

vigor and energy

A

vitality

29
Q

harmful influence

A

contagion

30
Q

remote, secret places

A

recesses