Vocabulary Week 3 Flashcards
Bard
Noun
A poet, often a singer as well.
I think Jason mraz is a bard.
Abduct
Verb
To kidnap, take by force.
Pedo bear abducts children.
Calamity
Noun
An event with a disastrous consequence. (Earthquakes have terrible calamities.)
Debase
Verb
To lower the quality or esteem of something. (Bullies like to debase people.)
Efface
Verb
To wipe out, obliterate, run away (I efface any kind of spit that someone may get on me.)
Hallowed
Adjective
Revered, consecrated.
Jackson hallways are hallowed.
Illicit
Adjective
Forbidden, not permitted
We are illicit from swearing at school.
Judicious
adjective
Having or exercising sound judgement.
When the judicious king decided to compromise rather than send away his army to its certain death, he was applauded.
Languid
Adjective
Sluggish from fatigue or weakness.
I am very languid when I wake up on Mondays
Malleable
Adjective
Capable of being shaped or transformed.
I am not malleable because I am very bony
Nebulous
Adjective
Vaguely defined, cloudy.
I do not get along well with nebulous people.
Oblique
Adjective
Diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward.
(In soccer I run obliquely.)
Pacific
Adjective
Soothing.
My mom is very pacific.
Quagmire
Noun
A difficult situation.
Starting high school was a quagmire.