Vocab Units 1-6 Flashcards
Fetish
An inanimate object believed to have inherent magical powers, and therefore worshiped
Anything irrationally reverenced; obsession
Verdant
Green with growing plants or grass; green in color
Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated
JUR
to swear
Emanate
To flow forth or originate from a source
Exorbitant antonym
Insufficient
Insipid
Without excitement or appeal
Intrepid
Fearless
Inundate
To cover with water; to overwhelm as if with a flood
PED
Foot
Augment antonym
Diminish
Penitent
Feeling sorrow for one’s sins and being willing to repent
Procrastinate
To put off doing something until a future time; to postpone habitually
Vulnerable
Susceptible to wounds; open to attack
hypo-
Below, under
Pro-
For, before, forward
-able
Able to (be)
Cadence
Intonation of the voice
Measured movement, such as in music and writing
Frugality antonym
Wastefulness
Hiatus
A break or interruption in something; a gap; a pause
Hiatus antonym
Continuation, continuity