Week 3 Flashcards
Call on or summon
Invoke(v)
Compelling, driving force
Compulsion(n)
Refuse to move or act
Balk(v)
Autocratic; tyrannical; absolute
Despotic
Persuade lead on to some action, condition or belief
Induce (v)
Dishonest or deceitful person
Knave(n)
Guess, prediction made with incomplete evidence
Conjecture (n)
Disgraceful or dishonorable
Infamy(n)
bold disrespect
Insolence(n)
Be enough; be sufficient or adequate
Suffice(v)
Slow sad song or poem
Dirge (n)
To treat with great respect, love and awe, as if sacred
Reverence(n)
Sinfully, wickedly
Vilely(adj)
Cause of annoyance or distress
Vexation(n)
A member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized
Savage(n)
Exhibiting appropriate behavior or conduct
Decorous (ad)
An object with magical powers
Talisman (n)
The act of accusing in return: opposing another charge
Recrimination (n)
Commotion of a great crowd; disorder
Tumult(n)
To cleanse oneself of sin
Purge(v)