Watsons Vocabulary Flashcards
Hostile
unfriendly
Vital
important
Miraculous
extraordinary
Incapable
something you are unable to do
Emulate
to imitate
Intimidate
to frighten
Punctual
to be on time
Reinforcements
more forces being sent to battle
Radioactive
the process of atomic nuclei losing their energy by radiation
Pomade
a scented oil that is applied to the hair
Hypnotized
to capture the whole attention of someone or something OR a trancelike state
Frostbite
an injury to the body tissues by extreme cold
Skimpy
short and revealing clothes OR meager
Strangling
to squeeze or constrict the neck of a person or animal
Traitor
a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc
Peon
a Spanish-American day laborer or unskilled worker
Cussing
to say bad words or an offensive word
Genie
a spirit from Arabian folklore usually located in a oil lamp
Conscience
an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior
Linoleum
a material consisting of a canvas backing thickly coated with a preparation of linseed oil and powdered cork, used especially as a floor covering
Executioner
an official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person
Tolerate
accept or to put up with
