Vocab 1 Flashcards
Chastity
Purity from unlawful sexual intercourse
Exclusion of excess or extravagance; moderation; modesty; restraint
Prudish
Excessively demure or modest, especially with regard to sexual matters
Congenial
Agreeable, suitable, or pleasuring in nature or character; compatible
Immutable
Unmovable, unchangeable
Prostrate
To cast oneself face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration; to lay flat as on the ground; to reduce to physical weakness or exhaustion
Remonstrate
To say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval
Vouchsafe
To grant or give or allow by favor, graciousness, or condensation
Diminutive
Small, little, tiny
Desultory
Disconnected, random, digressing from the main subject
Impetuous
Characterized by rash action or sudden action; moving with great force, violence
Imperious
Dictatorial, overbearing; urgent, imperative
Homely
Unattractive, not beautiful; plain; proper or suited to the home/domestic life
Flippant
frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
Piquant
Agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart; lively
Deprecatory
Expressing disapproval, protest, or depreciation; apologetic
Insidious
intended to entrap or beguile; stealthily treacherous or deceitful
Impervious
no permitting penetration or passage, impenetrable; incapable of being injured or impaired; incapable of being influenced or persuaded or affected
Capricious
subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic
Uncanny
having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis, beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary
Supercilious
highly disdainful or contemptuous as a person or facial expression
