Vocabulary - 1st Test Flashcards
Sentinel
Person or animal that guards
Admonish
Advise; caution
Fervent
Having great warmth of feeling
Rancor
Ill will; continuing and bitter hate
Compassionate
Sympathizing, pitying
Rapture
Joy, great pleasure
Reparation
Compensation for a wrong
Solace
Comfort, relief
Purge
Purify, cleanse
Writhing
Making twisting perturbing motions
Massive
Big and solid, bulky
Loathsome
Disgusting
Solicitous
Showing care or concern
Garnished
Decorated, trimmed
Absolution
Act of freeing someone from a sin or a criminal charge
Commision
Authorization, act of giving authority to an individual
Sanguine
Confident, cheerful
Prevarication
Evasion of truth
Pallor
Unnatural lack of color, paleness.
Hoary
White or grey with age
Tarry
To delay or linger
Apothecary
Pharmacist, druggist
Deftly
Skillfully, with ease and quickness
Sauntered
Walked at an unhurried pace