Vocab Flashcards
Monastery or place of seclusion / kreuzgang
Cloister
To gorge, overindulge in eating / verwöhnen
Surfeit
Acting with an eye toward the future/ vorrausschauend
Provident
To renounce or reject ; abstain from
Abjure
Old European word for coin
Ducat
extravagantly or recklessly wasteful / verschwenderisch
prodigal
to violate a law or sin , break the rules
transgress
having no equal / einzigartig, besonders
nonpareil
intensity or feeling/ leidenschaft
fervor
fretful, obstinate / mürrisch, gereizt
peevish
vulgar or uncivil, difficult to work or deal with / ungehobelt, no manners
churlish
having a rich, smooth flow, honigsüß, angenehm
mellifluous
protesting or crying harshly / heulen, jaulen
caterwauling
to make less harsh, hostile or painful , etw lindern, mildern
to mitigate sth
having calmness and self-restraint, sober or grave / seriös,konservativ
staid
to wait for the right moment , tolerate
bide
a firm, lustrous fabcric with patters in satin
damask
grudgingly reluctant to spend, stingy, geizig, knauserig
niggardly
modest, reserved or coy, shy
demure
an exclusive, right, power or privilige
Prerogative
to accustom to accept someting undesirable
inure
readily perceived by the senses, etw zeigen, sich äußern
manifest
hard to control, unruly, mischievous
wanton
unwilling to do something against one’s way of thinking,unwillig, abgeneigt
To be loath to do sth
kriegerisch
martial
an omen or indication of the future
presage
one who is unimaginative or over emphasizes, etwas mit genauheit ausführen, pingelig
pedant
