Vocab August 27 Flashcards
Austere
Plain
Pious
Virtuous
Squalid
Dirty
Enigmatic
Puzzling
Truculent
Fierce, eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
Aver
(v) state or assert to be the case
Mendicant
Given to begging
Fractious
Irritable or quarrelsome
Minatory
Threatening
Cull
Select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources
Countenance
Reluctant to countenance crime during BMI
Permit or tolerate, admit as acceptable or possible, a person’s face or facial expression
Eschew
Avoid or abstain from
Coeval
Similar in duration
Primeval
Belonging to first age of world
Anachronistic
Old fashioned, belonging to older period, belonging to period other than being portrayed
Ossified
Hardened to the bone
Verdant
Green with plant life
Aggrandize
Increase in size
Essay
Attempt or try
Consecrate
Make sacred
Bestow
Grant or give
Avocation
Done for pleasure or hobby
Sinecures
Position that requires no work