SHORT STORY UNIT - Vocabulary Flashcards
Intrepid
Fearless
Prudence
Cautious wisdom
Formidable
Frightening
Immemorial
Masters from a time beyond memory
Gouted
Inflamed
Uncanny
Weird
Hideous
Unpleasant
Pantomime
Ghastly sight
Caricature
Distortedly copied
Martial
Warlike
Untrammeled
Unhampered, free
Florid
Richly colored
Exuberant
High-spirited
Self-communing
Talking to oneself
Decree
Law
Impartial
Not favoring one more than another
Emanated
Came from
Amphitheatre
Rows of seats around and rising above an oval arena
Dire
Dreadful
Retribution
Punishment
Tribunal
Court
Determinate
Final
Aesthetic
Artistic
Moiety
Half; one of two parts
Parapet
A low wall
Impermanant
Not permanent
Indoctrinate
Teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
Fanaticism
Wild and excessive enthusiasm
Symbolically
Representing another idea or action that cannot adequately be expressed in words
Incommodious
Uncomfortable
Pomposity
Self-importance
Ominously
Threateningly
Complacent
Self-satisfied
Amatory
Relating to love
Arrogance
Excessive pride
Preposterous
Absurd, silly
Obligatory
Binding, necessary, not subject to choice
Inanimate malice
Non-living ill-will
Subterfuge
Concealment, evasion
Indulgent
Weakly lenient, ready to gratify the wishes of others
Gambols
Playful games
Reminiscent
Recollective, remembering
Blasphemous
Irrelevant, profane
Brazen
Shameless, insolent, disrespectful
Daunt
To intimidate, to dismay
Disconcerting
Upsetting, frustrating
Dissolution
Disintegration, decomposition and dispersion
Embellish
To decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation
Giddy
Dizzy
Impetuous
Violent, rash, hasty, impulsive
Monotomy
Sameness
Reverie
Daydreaming
Sagacious
Wise, shrewd, very discerning
Vivid
Bright, distinct, clear
Voluptuous
Pleasurable to the senses, sensuous
Wanton
Immoral, lewd