Vocab Quiz 1 Flashcards
gadfly
a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism
serape
a colorful woolen shawl worn over the shoulders
sluice
an artificial passage for water fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow
turbulence
a great commotion or agitation
nomads
an individual who roams about
cajoled
to persuade with flattery or gentle urging
usurious
practicing usury
palatial
suitable to a palace
rube
an awkward unsophisticated person
caprice
a sudden impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action
palsy
a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor and quivering of the body
snide
practicing deception
goiter
an enlargement of the thyroid gland
addled
thrown into confusion
recoil
to shrink back physically or emotionally
translucent
permitting the passage of light
dago
insulting term towards Italian and Spanish people
hex
to practice withcraft
felonious
of, relating to, or having the nature of felony
gestate
to conceive and gradually develop
