Vocab Flashcards
Careen
To lean, sway onto one side
Caul
A part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth
Serene
Calm, peaceful, untroubled
Infallibility
The quality of being infallible
Blighted
Infect (plants or planted area) with blight
Evanesced
Pass out of sight, memory, or existence
Doggedness
Persistent in effort, stubborn
Reiterate
Say something again or a number of times, repeat
Precariously
Exposed to or involving danger, dangerous, perilous, risky
Clove
Verb form of Cleve, to part or split especially along a natural line
Rank
Showing vigorous and profuse growth
Vermilion
A brilliant scarlet red
Prim
Formal, precise, proper
Iridescent
Showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
Vortex
A whirlpool, a whirling mass of water