Week Three 7/7/2013 Flashcards
Blunder
V. To move clumsily or to make a foolish mistake
Accentuate
V. To accent or emphasize
Caboodle
N. lot group
Decrepit
Adj. broken down or worn out by ok age or long use
Embolden
V. To give courage to
Fabled
Adj. mythical legendary unreal fictitious
Grizzled
Adj. gray or streaked with gray or having grey hair
Hardihood
N. boldness
Illiterate
Adj. uneducated or not knowing how to read or write
Jerrybuilt
Adj. built poorly of cheep materials
Kvetch
V. To complain in a nagging way
Lackluster
Adj. lacking brightness dull lacking virility boring
Malcontent
Dissatisfied rebellious
Nullify
To make legally null it valueless cancel out
Oddity
N. strangeness odd person or thing
Pallict
Adj. faint in color pale
Quaint
Adj. pleasingly old old fashioned unusual curious fanciful whimsical
Recumbent
Adj. Lying down reclining
Salient
Adj. pointing outward jutting conspicuous prominent
Tatterdemalion
Uncharitable adj. harsh or severe as in option
Vehement
Adj. violent impetuous full if intense or strong passion
Waif
N. a homeless person