Vocab 5 Flashcards
to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper
coddle - verb
fertilization; inception of pregnancy.
conception - noun (def #2)
insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment
contumely - noun
skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
cunning - noun
effort or desire to equal or excel others.
emulation - noun
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
escorted - noun
protected or strengthened against attack; provided with defensive military works:
fortified - adjective
to speak inarticulately or meaninglessly.
gibber - verb
an agricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chiefly over plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.
harrows - noun
a color midway between red-brown and orange-brown.
henna - noun (def #3)
any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
hierarchy - noun
the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming
husbandry - noun
not potent; lacking power or ability.
impotent - adjective
a woman on whom a jointure has been settled
jointress - noun
an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
malefaction - noun
(of a domestic animal) yielding milk; kept or suitable for milk production.
milch - adjective
glorious, prosperous, or flourishing:
palmy - adjective
a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.
perpend - noun
predominant:
prevailing winds
prevailing - adjective
a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.
promontory - noun
to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
rummage - verb
to reject with disdain; scorn.
spurn - verb
the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events:
succession - noun
to bind (an infant, especially a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.
swaddling - noun
to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset
unnerve - verb
