Week 10 Flashcards
Inclement
Unfavorable, stormy
We have inclement weather coming soon
Peruse
To read carefully
I peruse my assignments to get my answers right
Premonition
A feeling something bad is coming
I had a premonition the chiefs we’re going to lose
Desist
Cease
I desisted slacking off
Recoil
Draw back
I recoiled from the long line
To pay the piper
To bear the consequences
I didn’t do my work and I had to pay the piper
Pertinent
To the point
Mastiff
Breed of large dog ( Dumb vocab Blehm to lazy to change it)
My dog is a mastiff
Obsess
To haunt, preoccupy
I obsess over my ps5
Doleful
Sad, melancholy
I was doleful when I found out my dog hurt his back
Wan
Sickly pale
I have only been wan once and it was awful
Inert
Without power to move
The football player was inert for 5 minutes
Histrionics
Display of emotions-temper tantrum
Salient
Outstanding, prominent
The casino is the most salient part of Catalina island
Imminent
Likely to happen, threatening
Squeamish
Easily shocked, over sensitive
Engrossed
Absorbed, fully focused
I was engrossed in the worksheet
Elusive
Hard to grasp
When my dog was younger he was elusive
Frustrate (v)
Counteract, foil, thwart
Jerry always frustrated Tom’s attempts to catch him
Symptomatic
Having to do with signs or symptoms, indicative
Interject
Insert, interrupt