vocab Flashcards
A whirlpool, turbulence an agitated state of mind.
maelstrom
powerless, lacking strength.
impotent
A correction.
emendation
to look at or think about with great satisfaction.
gloat
worn out, Baron
effete
two peers with a pointed object, to spear.
impale
Mild, tasteless, dull.
Bland
to lesson seriousness by providing partial excuses.
Extenuate
Savage, brutal
bestial
very sheer and light.
diaphanous
A show but useless thing.
bauble
A complicated network of winding passages, a maze
labyrinth
A barrier, an obstruction
impediment
A fragment
shard
A total rejection of established laws.
nihilism
accidental; nonessential
adventitious
fertile, product
fecund
ordinary or dull
Pedestrian
To improve someone morally
Edify
to ask persistently, to beg
Importune
to turn aside from a course, to stray
Deviate
in good faith
Bona fide
to stare angrily
Glower
A violent change
Cataclysm
