Part 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Suppliant
A
one praying humbly for something
2
Q
Venerable
A
impressive by reason or age
3
Q
Obdurate
A
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
4
Q
Welter
A
toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way
5
Q
Blight
A
a state or condition of being blighted (diseased, infested)
6
Q
Beseech
A
ask for or request earnestly
7
Q
Sluggard
A
an idle slothful person
8
Q
Extirpate
A
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
9
Q
Expiation
A
the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
10
Q
Suborn
A
incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
11
Q
Unscathed
A
not injured
12
Q
Recompense
A
payment or reward (as for service rendered)
13
Q
Teeming
A
abundantly filled with especially living things
14
Q
Blanch
A
turn pale, as if in fear
15
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Adjure
A
Ask for or request earnestly
