Week 1 Flashcards
Loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like: They transferred their allegiance to his skill and his courage.
Synonyms: loyalty, obedience
Allegiance
Prompted by or resulting from or as if from instinct, natural; unlearned
Synonym: naturally
Instinctively
To make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind b_____ the tent alarmingly. Dust b________ upwards from their pawing hooves.
To swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: flags ________ing in the breeze.
Synonyms: surged, rose up
Billowed
Of or pertaining to the first age or ages, especially of the world: p__________ forms of life.
Synonyms: ancient, early
Primeval
To suppress, curb, or withhold: to s_________ a yawn.
Synonym: choke back, cover up
Stifle
A person or thing that follows: David became the ___________ for King Solomon when the king passed away.
Synonyms: descendent, next in line
Successor
A cloud, aura, atmosphere, etc., surrounding a person or thing: The award-winning actress was surrounded with a n_______ of fame.
Nimbus
To flow back or away, as the water of a tide, OR
to decline or decay; fade away: His life is gradually ________ing away. His interest in social justice ___________ and flowed through the years.
Ebbed
Power or ability to do or accomplish; capacity.
Synonyms: power, capability.
Might
Maximum; decisive; conclusive.
U___________
Ultimate
