Unit 4 Flashcards
Alliance
A joining together for some common purpose
Bewilder
To puzzle completely, confuse
Fruitless
Not producing the desired results; unsuccessful
Inflammable
Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused
Mortify
To hurt someone’s feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline
Orthodox
In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or way of doing things
Scurry
To run quickly, scamper, hurry
Sodden
Soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless
Wayward
Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious
Wince
(v. )To draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear
(n. )the act of drawing back in this way
Buffoon
A clown; a coarse, stupid person
Cotroversial
Arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement
Dishearten
To discourage
Hostile
Unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive
Inflict
To give or cause something unpleasant, impose
Malignant
Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious
Procure
To obtain through special effort
Spirited
Full of life an vigor; courageous
Virtual
Having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing
Void
(adj. ) completely empty; having no legal force or effect
(n. ) empty or unfilled space
(v. ) to cancel or nullify
