Vocab 30 Flashcards
Adjective: impressive in a way that seems expensive:
The celebrity guests turned up dressed in …… evening gowns.
Sumptuous
Noun: the state of being without money, food, a home, or possessions
examples
……… has become a major problem in the capital.
They both died in poverty and ……..
Destitution
Adjective: without money, food, a home, or possessions:#
examples
The floods left thousands of people ……
Destitute
Verb:
to make someone understand that they have failed or done something wrong and make them want to improve:
examples
He was …….. by the defeat and determined to work harder.
chasten
Adjective: extremely dangerous:
The country roads are quite …….
Perilous
Noun: the quality of being similar to or in agreement with something:
the ……….. of the two systems
a of values
See
congruence