Session 8. More vocab Flashcards
Disharmony
A lack of agreement
Acrimony
Bitterness or bad-feeling
Matrimony
Marriage
Alimony
The money that is paid to a spouse (husband or wife) following a divorce
Harmony
Being in agreement
Dense
A compact substance / (of a person) stupid
Heath
An area of open land that has not been farmed
Hearth
The floor of a fireplace
Spite
A desire to hurt, annoy or offend someone
Malignant
Evil in nature
Malicious
Intending to do harm
Malign
To speak about someone in a critical way
Malice
A desire to harm someone
Malcontent
Dissatisfied or rebellious
Brow
Forehead
Expectant
Having an excited feeling that something is about to happen
Baiting
Deliberately annoying someone
Mutation
Changing from one thing to another
Flotation
(Something) having the ability to float
Carnation
A pink flower
Citation
A quotation from a book / a mention of an act deserving of praise
Stifle
Suffocate / to prevent
Hoist
To lift something
Rift
A crack or split / a serious break in a friendship
Context
The circumstances around an event or statement
Rebuff
To reject in an ungrateful way