Vocabulary Flashcards
The feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless
Contempt
Succeeding or future generations collectively
Posterity
To follow close upon, go with, attend
Pursued
A shot usually from a hidden place
Snipe
state or process of living in a particular place
Habitation
causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre
Ghastly
To hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent
Faltering
A physical weakness or ailment
Infirmities
state of being deluded.
Delusion
an illness typically a minor one
Ailment
Quality of being pleasantly stimulating or exciting
Piquancy
Posture in which the body is supported on one leg, with the other leg extended horizontally backward
Arabesque
Archaic clothing
Habiliments
Intricate; twisted
Convoluted
Secretly stealthily
Furtively