R&J Vocab 2 Flashcards
Vile
-adj
-wretchedly bad
Vilely (adv)
Vileness (N)
Gallant
- adj
- brave
Banishment
-n
-exile
banish (v)
banisher (n)
Calamity
-disaster (physical or emotional)
calamitous (adj)
calamitously (adv)
Prevail
- V
- To defeat, win, or overcome
Reconcile
-V
-to make peace or come together
reconcilement (n)
reconciler (n)
reconciliation (n)
Commend
-v
-to pay respect to, to praise
- Extol, laud (syn)
commendable (adj)
commendor (N)
Abhor
-v
-to hate
-loathe (syn)
abhorer (n)
abhorrent (adj)
abhorrence (n)
Pensive
-adj
-full of though (melancholy or gloomy)
pensively (adv)
pensiveness (n)
Vial
- n
- a small container for holding liquids
Prostrate
-v
-to put yourself face down
prostrative (adj)
prostrator (n)
Fester
- v
- to generate puss or infection, decay, or rot
Shroud
-N
-Burial cloth
Shroudless
Shroud-like
Distraught
-adj
-deeply agitated and upset
distraughtly (adv)
Beguile
- V
- To cheat through trickery
- Swindle