Summer reading vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Disembowling
A
To cut or slash open
2
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Ominous
A
A feeling that something bad will happen, foretelling
3
Q
Idyllic
A
An extremely happy time or place
4
Q
Augury
A
A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen
5
Q
Squalid
A
Foul and repulsive from lack of cleanliness
6
Q
Apparition
A
A supernatural appearance of a person or thing
7
Q
Tumult
A
A loud confused noise created by a crowd of people
8
Q
Penury
A
Extreme poverty
9
Q
Stolid
A
Calm, dependable, and emotionless
10
Q
Panoptic
A
Seeing the whole at one view
11
Q
Guerrilla
A
A type of warfare based on hiding and vicious brutal attacks
12
Q
Mulatto
A
A person of white and black ancestry
13
Q
Estuary
A
The mouth of a larger river
14
Q
Carousing
A
To drink vast amounts of alcohol
15
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Haggard
A
Looking exhausted or unwell
