Unit 1: Echoes from the Past — Vocabulary Flashcards by Kevin Jimbi

Adze Definition

a cutting tool with an arched blade set at right angles to a handle

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Ambrosia Definition

food for the gods

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Brace Definition

pair

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Breach Definition

opening

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Divers Definition

diverse; various

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Fold Definition

sheepfold

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Formidable Definition

tending to inspire awe or wonder

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Guile Definition

skill in strategy and outwitting an opponent

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Hale Definition

sound; free from defect

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Hewed Definition

cut

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Mustered Definition

gathered

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Prodigious Definition

enormous; monstrous

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Profusion Definition

great quantity

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Sage Definition

wise

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Stoke Definition

supply with fuel

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Victuals Definition

food

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Whey Definition

the watery part of milk that is separated from the curds in the process of making cheese

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Ardor Definition

passion

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Beguiling Definition

charmingly deceiving

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Chided Definition

gently scolded

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Combers Definition

long curling waves of the sea

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Contender Definition

competitor

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Disconsolate Definition

dejected; in low spirits

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Doting Definition

excessively fond

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Dwindled Away Definition

became steadily less

Enticing Definition

luring; seducing

Flayed Definition

stripped off

Foreboding Definition

sense of coming evil

Founder Definition

sink

Lolling Definition

idly lounging

Regaled Definition

entertained grandly

Scudding Definition

moving swiftly

Snare Definition

trap

Stealth Definition

being secretive or hidden

Succumbed Definition

given in; surrender

Supplication Definition

earnest and humble request

Tempered Definition

hardened and strengthened

Tumult Definition

confusion; agitation

Vile Definition

evil

Squadrons Definition

large groups

Brazen Definition

made of brass

Commandeered Definition

took by force

Contemptible Definition

not worthy of respect, despised

Contending Definition

competing; vying in a contest

Desolation Definition

loneliness

Dithering Definition

acting nervously or indecisively

Frenzy Definition

agitation

Gall Definition

a combination of boldness and attitude; nerve

Goad Definition

something that urges or prods

Heft Definition

heaviness

Helm Definition

helmet

Interposed Definition

put a remark into a conversation

Justification Definition

reason or excuse

Lavished Definition

gave generously

Pliant Definition

flexible; yielding

Plundered Definition

taken wealth or possessions from wrong-fully

Rave Definition

speak irrationally

Revelry Definition

merrymaking

Runnels Definition

streams

Smote Definition

struck

Thongs Definition

strips of leather or hide

Tremulous Definition

shaky

Wiliest Definition

cleverest

Compulsion Definition

uncontrollable impulse or drive

Edifying Definition

morally instructive; enlightening

Eminent Definition

important; well-known and respected

Factoid Definition

trivial facts or questionable statements that have the appearance of fact

Foster Definition

promote; help grow

Fraudulent Definition

untrue

Matron Definition

older married woman with children

Pacify Definition

calm

Plausible Definition

believable

Preposterous Definition

absurd; ridiculous

Proficient Definition

accomplished; competent

Scandalous Definition

shameful

Seer Definition

someone who can see the future

Unscrupulous Definition

the quality of being without integrity or honesty

Vagabond Definition

person who wanders aimlessly from place to place

Wizened Definition

shriveled; wrinkled

Auspicious Definition

favorable

Distraught Definition

agitated with pain

Bereft Definition

bereaved; deprived of a loved one

Shades Definition

spirits

Tortuous Definition

marked by repeated twists and turns; winding

Broached Definition

broke into or opened up