Vocab 4-6 English Flashcards
impervious
not permitting penetration or passage
holocaust
a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire
impetus
a moving force
jeopardy
hazard or risk of or exposure to loss
meticulous
taking or showing extreme care about minute details
nostalgia
a wistful desire to return to a former time in one’s life
quintessence
the pure and concentrated essence of a substance
retrogress
to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition
scrutinzie
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
tepid
moderately warm
adversary
a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks
alienate
to make indifferent or hostile
artifice
a clever trick or stratagem
coerce
to compel by force
craven
cowardly
culinary
of, pertaining to, or used in cooking or the kitchen
delete
to strike out or remove
demise
death or decease
exhilarate
to enliven
fallow
plowed and left unseeded for a season or more
harass
to disturb persistently
inclement
severe, rough, or harsh
muse
to think or meditate in silence
negligible
so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely by neglected or disregarded
perpetuate
to preserve from extinction or oblivion
precedent
any act, decision,or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations
punitive
sserving for concerned with, or inflicting punishment
redress
to dress again
sojourn
a temporary stay
urbane
having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities
