PW Chapter 1-7 Vocabulary Flashcards
increasing in size or Importance
Ascending
harshness of tone or manner
Asperity
a secret or disguised way of writing; a code
Cipher
a soldier armed with grenades or a grenade launcher
Grenadier
unable to be placated
Implacability
a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way, a disposition or propensity
Inclination
inconvenience (someone
Incommode
not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
Incongruous
wanting to avoid activity or exertion: lazy
Indolent
an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river
Levee
the crux or central point of a matter
Nub
(of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health
Pallid
a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities
Prodigies
remarkably or impressively great in extent,size,or degree.
Prodigious
having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something
Rabid
make or become hard or solid
Solidified
drink alcohol, especially habitually
Tippling
(especially in a woman) the quality of being attractively lively and animated.
Vivacity
habitual; usual
Wonted
exagerated stories
Yarns
one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute
Adversaries
given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
Capricious
a child belived to have been secretly substitued
Changelings
an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property
Conflagration
ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Docile
tricking somebody a trick
Dupe
an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
Epithet
express strong disapproval or disagreement
Expostulated
(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome
Fractious
rude and mocking remarks
Jeers
very vivid in color, especially so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect
Lurid
obedient or attentive
Obsequiousness
stated or appearing to be true but not necessarily so
Ostensible
the authority to represent someone else especially in voting
Proxy
the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
Speculations
a person who takes a position or power or importance illegally or by force
Usurper
never bullet arrows or other projectiles discharged at one time
Volley
ridiculously old fashion
Antediluvian
approval or praise.
Approbation
a social group
Caste
a person or nation engage in fighting
Combatants
the branch of law concerned or documents for the transferring of property
Conveyancing
the customary code of polite behavior
Etiquette
inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large powerful intense are capable
Formidable
a period of two weeks
Fortnight
a small settlement generally one smaller than a village
Hamlet
incapable of making mistakes or being wrong
Infallible
a clumsy stupid person
Lummox
the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity
Magnanimity
ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish
Opulent
the quality of being religious or reverent
Piety
an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
Precedent
a member or follower of any of the western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic church and follow the principles of the reformation including the Baptist presbyterian and Lutheran churches
Protestants
an act of retaliation
Reprisals
ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly
Supplicating
very hot and dry
Torrid
a person who is staying or working in a place for only a short time
Transients
leadership or dominance especially by one country or social group over others
Hegemony
the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region
Vernacular
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues
Satire
