Vocab The Road Flashcards
Granitic
Granite like (adj)
Collet
A band or sleeve put around a spindle to grill.
Discalced
Strict orders given to friars or nuns.
Shoddy
Badly made.
Macadam
Used to pave roads.
Meconium
Substance forming the first feces of a newborn infant.
Nitty
Licy
Rachitic
Inflammation of spine.
Catamites
A boy kept for homosexual practices.
Tang
Project part of the shovel.
Illucid
Dim and slow of thought.
Remnants
Small remaining quantity of something.
Cistern
A tanks for storing water.
Mendicant
Begging
Palimpsest
Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.
Ravaged
Severely damaged.
Sumptuous
Splendid and expensive looking.
Refuge
Sheltered from danger.
Secular
Denoting attitudes, activities or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.
Cairns
A mound of rough stones built as a memorial.
Myriad
Countless or extremely great number.
Sepulchre
Small room or monument.
Sextant
A device used for angular measurement.
Ominous
Giving the impression that something had or unpleasant is happening.
Dredged
People’s attention an embarrassing fact.
Commune
A group of people living together and sharing possessions.
Cognate
Related connected
Congeal
Solidify or coagulate.
Tabernacle
Place for worshippers by some protestants and mormons.
Bandolier
A shoulder belt with loops or pockets for cartridges.
