Vocabulary 10th Grade #02 Flashcards
Disheveled
adjective - untidy; messy; unkempt; hanging loosely or disarranged
Verb - to dishevel
Innate
adjective - inborn; possessed at birth
adverb - innately
Lackey
noun - a servile follower; a footman, stable hand or manservant
Obsequious
adjective - excessively willing to serve or to beg; groveling; submissive
adverb - obsequiously
Nemesis
noun - that which one cannot conquer or achieve; an opponent or rival that one cannot best
Incorrigible
adjective - unmanageable, uncontrollable, unruly; not able to be managed
adverb - incorrigibly
Flambé
adjective - aflame (like marshmallows in S’mores); served in a flaming liquor, esp. brandy
Transfix
verb - to hold or fasten with amazement, terror, awe
verb - to pierce; to impale
Sylvan
adjective - of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the woods, trees, or boughs
Zephyr
noun - a gentle, mild breeze, (in literature: the West Wind personified)
Simper
verb - to smile in a silly, annoying, self-conscious way
noun - a silly smile
adjective - simpering
Sophomoric
adjective - being overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
Languid
adjective - sluggish, weary, lethargic; lacking in vigor or vitality, spirit, or interest
adverb - languidly
Swagger
verb - to walk or strut with defiance or arrogance
noun - the defiant or insolent walk on does
adjective - swaggering
Bellicose
adjective - eager to fight; hostile; warlike; pugnacious
noun - bellicosity
Sublime
adjective - majestic; supreme or outstanding; elevated, lofty; inspiring awe
adverb - sublimely
Muse
noun - the goddess or power regarded as inspiring an artist, esp. a poet
verb - to reflect or to meditate silently, to gaze wonderingly or meditatively
Harlequin
noun - a joker, jester, or clown in comedy or pantomime, in a costume of diamond-shaped pattern or design, often with a mask, and a pointed hat
Scruples
noun - a belief about what’s right or wrong that prevents one from doing something bad; morals or ethics that act as retraining or personal control points
adjective - scrupulous
Portent
noun - an omen; a warning or premonition of something to come
adjective - portentous
Faustian
adjective - selling one’s soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge, power, or something desired (after the German magician, alchemist and astrologer Johan Faust, 1480-1538)
