Week 8 Flashcards
Emaciated
Abnormally thin, wasted away
Ex: The kids in Nazi camps
Surge
To suddenly rush forth
Ex: I surged towards my sister
Tranquil
Quiet
Ex: The tranquil nature of running at night
Sanctuary
Shelter
Ex: Running is my sanctuary
Ascend
To rise
Ex: Ascending on a higher level
Sour grapes
To insult something you can’t have
Malnutrition
Faulty or bad nutrition
Ex: Malnutrition means you aren’t eating well
Afflict
To trouble greatly, to distress
Ex: To afflict pain onto someone
Besiege
To surround, to hem in
Ex: Besieging the enemy is to surround them
Privation
Lack of Necessities
Ex: Traveling and having privation away from home
Sinister
Evil, ominous
Ex: Having sinister feelings when on a run in the dark
Remote
Distant, hidden away
Ex: A remote cabin is hidden away from the world, distant
Ubiquitous
Being everywhere at the same time
Ex: Walking around seeing a ubiquitous person
Malignant
Ancerous, causing harm
Ex: A malignant spirit
Thwart
To hinder, defeat
Ex: Thwarting evil is to hinder it
Harbinger
A forerunner, advance notice
Ex: Something that happens before, telling what happens next
To cool one’s heels
To be kept waiting
Ex: To cool one’s heels is to keep them waiting
Excrutiating
Agonizing, torturing
Ex: The excruciating time away from my family
Respite
An interval of relief, delay
Ex: Respite is to have relief from something or someone
Reverberating
Reechoing, resounding
Ex: Something that echoes through reverberates
Fretful
Worrisome, irritable
Ex: When someone is fretful, they are worrisome
Succumb
To give way, to yield
Ex: Succumbing is to accept defeat
A red herring
Something that diverts attention from the main issue
Ex: A red herring is to divert attention from
