TKAM Flashcards
assuaged
make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
a
apothecary
a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs.
Noun
taciturn
(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
adjective
chattel
(in general use) a personal possession.
noun
unsullied
adjective
not spoiled or made impure.
dictum
noun
a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.
strictures
noun
a restriction on a person or activity.
dispatched
end off to a destination or for a purpose
verb
ambled
walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.
verb
detention
the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody, especially as a political prisoner.
noun
detachment
noun
the state of being objective or aloof.
repertoire
noun
a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.
malevolent
adjective
having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
vapid
offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
adjective
morbid
adjective
characterized by or appealing to an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease
