Unit 4 Flashcards
To puzzle completely, confuse
Bewilder
A joining together for some common purpose
Alliance
A clown; a coarse, a stupid person
Buffon
Arousing argument, dispute or disagreement
Controversial
To discourage
Dishearten
Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful
Fruitless
Unfriendly, unfavorable,; war like, aggressive
Hostile
Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused
Inflammable
To give or cause something unpleasant, impose
Inflict
Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful malicious;
Malignant
To hurt someone’s feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self by self-denial or suffering
Mortifying
In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things
Orthodox
To run quickly, scamper, hurry
Scurry
Soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull, spiritless, listless
Sodden
Full of life vigor; courageous
Spirited
Having a certain force or effect in fact, it not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing.
Virtual
Completely empty having no legal force or effect
Void
Empty or unfurled space
Void
To cancel or nullify
Void
Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious
Wayward
To draw back suddenly as though in pain or fear
Wince
The actin drawing back in this way
Wince
S for alliance
Pact, league, coalition
A for alliance
Rift, split
S for bewilder
Baffle, perplex
A for bewilder
Set straight, enlighten
S for buffoon
Jester, fool
S for controversial
Arguable, debatable
S for dishearten
Dismay, demoralize, dispirit
A for dishearten
Encourage, hearten
S for fruitless
Useless, vain, unproductive, futile
A for fruitless
Productive, effective
A for hostile
Friendly, cordial, peaceful
S for inflammable
Combustible, flammable, excitable
A for inflammable
Fireproof, fire resistant, calm
S for inflict
Deal out, visit upon
A for inflict
Suffer, undergo, sustain
S for malignant
Lethal, wicked
A for malignant
Wholesome, beneficial, benign
S for mortifying
Humiliate, embarrass, abash
S for orthodox
Traditional, standard, customary
A for orthodox
Unusual, unconventional, heretical
S for procure
Gain, acquire, achieve
S for scurry
Rush, dash, scramble
A for scurry
Trudge, plod, creep, crawl
S for sodden
Drenched, waterlogged, saturated
A for sodden
Parched, arid
S for spirited
Lively, animated, gallant
A for spirited
Lifeless, dull, lackluster
S for virtual
Functioning as, equivalent to
S for void
Invalid, bare, vacant
A for void
In effect, teeming with, confirm
S for wayward
Perverse
A for wayward
Docile, well behaved, predictable
S for wince
Flinch, shudder, recoil