TEWWG Chapter 6-10 Vocabulary Flashcards
Conquetry
Flirtatiousness
Brute
Animal, bully
Discomfiture
Embarrassed awkwardness
Fodder
Animal feed
Fractious
Troublesome, irritating
Irked
Irritated
Indifference
Showing no preference
Loins
The area below the waist (often) genitals
Merciless
Showing no mercy
Promontories
Areas of land that stick out from the mainland into the sea
Prostrating
Lying flat usually with face downward
Reconciled
Made amends, apologized
Alliances
Unions to promote common interests
Confidants
Friends; people that can be counted on for companionship
Counterpane
Bedspread
Menial
Degrading; small; unimportant
Ostentatiously
Pretentiously or excessively displayed
Cur
Mixed breed; Ill natured dog; a contemptuous person
Insinuations
Plodding or sinister remarks
Refracted
Deflected from a straight path
Resurrection
A revival or rebirth
Usurper
Someone or something that seizes by force
Scimitars
Curved swords
Swaggered
Strutted; walked insolently