Vocab #2 Flashcards
Fluctuate
Change constantly, shift back and forth
Knickerbocker
New Yorker
Sporadic
Happening at irregular time intervals
Divine retribution
Punishment from higher beings for bad deeds
Rajah
Prince or king in India
Elicit
To draw or bring out or forth
Valor
Heroic, bravery
Somnambulatory
Related to sleep walking
Denizen
Inhabitant, resident, frequently at a certain place
Jaunty
Easy and sprightly in manner or bearing
Rout
Overwhelming defeat
Suppress
To do away with, abolish
Innumerable
Numerous, incapable of being counted
Ecstatic
Subject to or in a state of ecstasy
Reproach
To find fault with, blame
Serf
Slave
Obstinate
Inflexible, stubborn
Exult
To show or feel a lively or triumphant joy
Hulking
Heavy, clumsy, bulky
Nebulous
Hazy, vague, confused
Laudable
Praise worthy
Insidious
Intended to entrap or trick
Repose
Peace, tranquility, calm
Debauch
Uninhibited spree or party
Antecedent
A preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon
Ingratiate
To establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others by effort
Perturb
To throw into great disorder, derange, bother, annoy
Dilatory
Tending to delay or procrastinate
Desolate
Barren or laid waste, devistated, deserted, lonely
Elusive
Hard to express or define, cleverly or skillfully evasive