Vocab Flashcards
Petrify
“I became petrified as I stared into the void”
To freeze, to become rock
Invective
“There was invective language used”
Insulting
Hearse
“The hearse took her body away”
A vehicle for transporting the body in a funeral
Irrevocable, Irrevocably
“The damage to the ship was irrevocable”
To not be able to reverse
Archaic
“He used archaic language”
Old, Old-fashioned
Foreshadow, Foreshadowing
“He foreshadowed the dog’s death”
To warn, to spoil
Colic
“He suffered a colic on the ride home”
Severe pain in the abdomen caused by intestinal gas or intestinal blockage. Usually suffered by babies
Improvise
“He improvised the lyrics”
To do something on the spot
Cremate
“He cremated his dog”
To burn something, turn something to ashes
Oblivion
“He drank himself to oblivion”
The state of being unaware of something
Glacial
“She stared with her glacial eyes”
Feeling cold or icy
Inferno, Infernal
“The house burned with a raging inferno”
Relating to or similar to the characteristics of hell mainly flames
Allude, Allusion
“The author alluded to his other book”
To mention something or someone in an indirect way
Elide, Elision
“The movies elisions were carefully planned”
The omission of a sound/syllable when speaking or a passage/film in a film/book
