Vocab 3 Flashcards
Ensemble
Handsome devil
(James bond looked like a handsome devil while wearing his spy ensemble)
An outfit: noun
Arduous
hard on us
(the arduous trail is hard on us)
Difficult, hard: adjective
Anterior
antlers
(the anterior position of a deer’s antler is handy)
In the front: adjective
Abyss
miss
(the diver missed the ledge and sank into the abyss)
Bottomless pit: noun
Evoke
coke
(sometimes a coke can evoke memories)
To bring forth: verb
Fathom
fat thumb
(the doctors couldn’t fathom the reason for his fat thumb)
To fully understand: verb
Giddy
city
(farmer John gets giddy when he goes to the city)
Dizzy/light headed: adjective
Facilitate
cell mate
(he has a cell mate who facilitates a homey atmosphere)
To bring about: verb
Impede
speed
(patrolmen impede people who speed)
To interfere with: verb
Lax
tax
(when your lax with your taxes you’ll go to jail)
Careless:adjective
Grandiose
grand hose
(the grandiose pipeline looked like a grand hose)
Impressive or flashy: adjective
Languish
land fish
(A fish on land will quickly languish)
To become weak: verb
Docile
fossil
(a docile fossil)
obedient: adjective
Emulate
imitate
(jimmy emulates his dad by imitating his dad)
To Imitate: verb
Efface
erase
(he’s effacing by erasing)
To rub away: verb
Elapse
collapse
(Ted ran as time elapsed and then collapsed)
To pass/go by: verb
Fortuitous
Fortune
(A fortuitous fortune for the two of us)
Lucky: adjective
Evade
Blade
(A magicians secret for evading blades)
Avoid: verb
Harrowing
Hare rowing
(A harrowing experience for a hare rowing)
Extremely scary: adjective
Laconic
Tonic
(Grandma becomes laconic when it come to tonic)
Using few words: adjective
Lesions
Legion
(The legion suffered from lesions)
A wound caused by a disease: noun
Maim
Blame
(Roger maimed the bear and blamed Paul)
To disfigure: verb
Legacy
Leg I see
(This leg I see is my legacy to my grandfather)
Something that’s been handed down from the past: noun
Fraught
Caught
(He caught a boat load in a lake fraught with fish)
Full of: adjective
