Vocab #3 Flashcards
Manse
Mansion
Tacit
Implied or indicated, but not actually expressed
Capacious
Containing or capable of containing a great deal
Convelescence
A period of recovery after a sickness or injury
Salient
Standing out conspicuously
Inveigle
To win over with ingenuity or flattery
Consternation
amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
Insidious
Harmful but enticing
Effulgence
Radiant splendor; brilliance
Latent
On the verge of emerging
Sultriness
Very hot and humid
Exhorted
To war or advise
Vindicated
Confirmed
Idiosyncratic
Characteristically peculiar
Invoking
To petition for help or support
Sinecure
An office or position that requires little or no work and that usually
provides an income
Bantam
A person of diminutive stature and often combative disposition
Impinge
To have an effect; make an impression
Insinuating
Tending gradually to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook
often in a slyly subtle manner
Encumbrance
Impediment, burden
