Vocabulary 10th Grade #23 Flashcards
Virtue
noun - a particular moral excellence, or a standard of it; chastity, purity, especially in women
adjective - virtuous
Taupe
adjective - a light brownish-gray color
Gloat
verb - to regard with mean or greedy pleasure, greed, or exultation
Indict
verb - to charge with an offence or crime; to formally accuse with legal evidence
noun - indictment
Legacy
noun - something handed down or inherited; money or property left by a will
Mortify
to humiliate or shame; to discipline oneself by self-denial or punishment
Patent
noun - a government document giving a person the right to profit from an invention
ALSO
verb - to acquire such a document
adjective - evident, obvious such as a “patent lie”
adverb - patently
Patriarch
noun - the founder or leader of a tribe or family; a respected old man
Wheedle
verb - to influence or persuade by using flattery or soothing, sweet words; to coax
Lucrative
adjective - profitable
Palazzo
noun (Italian) - a large, ornate building as a palace, museum, or official residence
Inexorable
adjective - relentless; not to be moved by entreaty
adverb - inexorably
Concede
verb - to admit to be true; to grant; to yield
noun - concession
Arduous
adjective - difficult; laborious
Finesse
noun - extreme delicacy or subtlety in performance, skill, discrimination; skill and adroitness in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation
verb - to use (or bring about by) finesse or artifice
Clangor
noun - a continuous clanging; a loud ringing sound, as of metal being hit
Bovine
adjective - having qualities (as placidity or dullness) characteristic of oxen or cows
Gracious
adjective - marked by kindness, courtesy; showing charm and good taste; graceful; merciful
Xanadu
(always capitalized) noun - an idyllic, exotic or luxurious place (from “Kubla Khan”. Samual Taylor Coleridge’s poem)
Enjoin
verb - to command, especially in law; to forbid or prohibit
Invectives
noun - strong verbal abuse characterized by curses and insults
