READING TEST Flashcards
To plunge or dip into a fluid;to involve deeply
Immerse
Wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty
Affluence
Marked by bloodshed, slaughter, or violence
Gory
Likely to undergo change; changeable; a value or quantity that varies; a symbol for such
Variable
A big clumsy slow individual
Oaf
Someone or something that is extremely puzzling; that which cannot be understood or explained
Enigmas
Good judgment; care in speech and action
Discretion
Complete; instantaneous; without reservation, thouroughgoing
Outright
To pay out; spend, use up
Expend
To talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts
Bluster
Appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm
Sinister
A disease that causes plants to wither and die; a condition of disease or ruin
Blight
The landscape, especially its physical features or fitness for some use
Terrain
To feel sorry for what one has done or has failed to do
Repent
Rounded and plump; full or rich in sound
Rotund
A person who has committed a crime or is guilty or some misconduct; an offender
Culprit
A series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion
Commentary
Difficult to catch or hold; hard to explain or understand
Elusive
A first public appearance; a formal entrance into society
Debuted
Clearness, accuracy
Clarity
To meet in accordance with plan; a meeting spot
Rendezvous
The striking of one object against another
Impact
Something new, a change; the act of introducing a new method
Innovation
Cranky, ill-tempered, full of odd whims
Crotchety
