Vocab chapters 5-6 Flashcards
an overwhelming defeat
rout
stopped or kept from carrying on normal activity
suppressed
very humerous
innumerable
a state of sudden, intense, and overpowering emotion
ecstatic
to find fault with a person or group
reproach
a person in service to a higher up who is underpaid and overworked (servant, slave)
serf
firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose (submissive)
obstinate
elation of mind or feeling
exulation
heavy and clumsy (bulky)
hulking
hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
nebulous
deserving praise
laudible
intended to entrap or beguile
insidious
the state of resting or being at rest
repose
to corrupt by sensuality (seduce)
debauch
preceding (prior)
antecedent
the state of being ungrateful (unthankfulness)
ingratitude
to disturd or disquite greatly in mind (agitate)
perturb
tending to delay or procrastinate (slow, tardy)
dilatory
barren or laid waste
desolate
cleverly or skillfully evasive
elusive