Week 25 Flashcards
debris
ruins, fragments
awesome
inspiring terror, weird
dispersed
scattered, spread, broken up
eruption
bursting out
puny
weak, unimportant
obliterate
erase, wipe out
deplorable
sad, pitiable
initiate
start, set going
conflagration
great fire
rue
regret
congenial
sympathetic
hoard
hide, store, accumulate
sage
wise man, philosopher
aegis
shield, protection, sponsorship
detriment
injury, damage, hurt
longevity
long duration of life
imbibe
drink
virile
masterful, manly
senile
infirm, weak from old age
doddering
trembling, shaking
as broad as it is long
it makes very little difference
blow hot and cold
swing for and against something
burn the midnight oil
study or work late into the night
in the doldrums
in a bored or depressed state