Vocabulary 10 Flashcards
Beneficial, helpful;
Healthful, wholesome
Salutary
To whip or punish severely;
A course of affliction or suffering;
A source of sever punishment or criticism
Scourge
Funeral, typical of the tomb, extremely gloomy or dismal
Sepulchral
Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy
Soporific
Dull, uninteresting, tiresome
Vapid
Abnormal, irreggular, departing from the usual
Anomalous
A damaging or derogatory statement;
The act of slandering or defaming
Aspersion
To coax, persuade through flattery or artifice;
To deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
Cajole
To punish severally;
To criticize severally
Castigate
Weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, profound boredom
French for boredom
Ennui
Very wicked, offensive, hateful
Heinous
A position requiring little or no work;
An easy job.
Sinecure
Stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation;
Made or accomplished by fraud
Surreptitious
Leader who exploits, prejudice, and false claims to power
Demagogue
Severe in manner; with luxury
Austere