Vocab Flashcards
woo
(v) make amorous advances towards (someone)
consort
(v) to keep company
vile
(adj) morally wrong
beseech
(v) ask for/request earnestly
plague
(n) any large-scale calamity
scorn
(v) reject with contempt
dismember
(v) divide into pieces
stout
(adj) having rugged physical strength
lamentation
(n) passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
garish
(adj) tastelessly showy
banish
(v) expel, as if by official decree
fiend
(n) a cruel and inhumane person
slander
(n) words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
dirge
(n) a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
rouse
(v) cause to become awake or conscious
remedy
(n) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
enjoin
(v) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something
shroud
(n) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
presage
(n) a sign of something about to happen
apothecary
(n) a health professional trained in the art of preparing drugs
penury
(n) a state of extreme poverty or destitution
aloof
(adj) distant, cold, or detached in manner
strew
(v) spread by scattering
weary
(adj) physically or mentally fatigued
condemn
(v) demonstrate the guilt (of someone)