Part 10 Flashcards
Inclement
Unfavorable, stormy
-Adjective
Peruse
To read carefully
-Verb
Premonition
Forewarning
-Noun
Desist
Cease
-Verb
Recoil
Draw back
-Verb
To pay the piper
To bear the consequences
Pertinent
To the point
-Adjective
Mastiff
A large dog
-Noun
Obsess
To haunt, preoccupy
-Verb
Doleful
Sad, melancholy
-Adjective
Wan
Sickly pale
-Adjective
On the carpet
Being scolded
Histrionics
Display of emotions
-Noun
Elusive
Hard to grasp
-Adjective
Frustrate
Counteract, foil, thwart
-Verb
Symptomatic
Having to do with signs or symptoms, indicative
-Adjective
Interject
Insert, interrupt
-Verb
To show ones hand
To reveal one’s intentions
Inert
Without power to move
-adjective
Salient
Outstanding, prominent
-Adjective
Imminent
Likely to happen, threatening
-Adjective
Squeamish
Easily shocked, over sensitive
-Adjective
Engrossed
Absorbed
-Verb
To tilt at windmills
To fight imaginary enemies