Vocab 8 Flashcards
Lachrymose
A - tearful or given to weeping
Incommode
V - inconvenience (someone)
Abasement
N - the action or fact of abasing or being abased; humiliation or degradation.
Evocative
A - bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind
Immure
V - enclose or confine (someone) against their will
Calumny
N - the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.
Palpable
A - (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible. Able to be touched or felt.
Equivocation
N - the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
Chary
A - cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something
Jocund
A - cheerful and lighthearted
Progenitor
N - a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent.
Spurious
A - not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
Cynosure
N - a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration
Xenophobia
N - dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
Paradigm
N - a typical example or pattern of something; a model.
Fervid
A - intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree.
Discommode
V - cause (someone) trouble or inconvenience
Mendacious
A - not telling the truth; lying
Dearth
N - a scarcity or lack of something
Ignominy
N - public shame or disgrace
