Vocab #1 Flashcards
Surname
A person’s last name.
A person’s last name:
Surname
Encumbered
Loaded down by something so that your progress is made more difficult.
Loaded down by something so that your progress is made more difficult:
Encumbered
Insignificant
Trivial. Not important.
Trivial. Not important:
Insignificant
Profoundly
A feeling or belief that is absolute, total, or complete.
A feeling of belief that is absolute, total, or complete:
Profoundly
Deportees
People who are forced to leave a country.
People who are forced to leave a country:
Deportees
Emigration
Leaving one place to settle in another.
Leaving one place to settle in another:
Emigration
Anecdotes
Short, humorous stories.
Short, humorous stories:
Anecdotes
Melancholy
A feeling of sadness or depression.
A feeling of sadness or depression:
Melancholy
Constraint
A limitation or restriction.
A limitation or restriction:
Constraint
Provisions
Necessary supplies, like food.
Necessary supplies, like food:
Provisions
Pestilence
A deadly and highly contagious disease.
A deadly and highly contagious disease:
Pestilence
Notorious
Widely known for a bad reason.
Widely known for a bad reason:
Notorious