WM's 2/3 Flashcards
Cloister
A monastic establishment; a place or state of seclusion.
Flout
To treat with disdain, scorn or contempt.
Mundane
Common, ordinary, banal, unimaginative; relating to the world, universe or Earth.
Recompense
To repay or reward for service or aid; to pay or give compensation for something.
Expunge
To strike or blot out, erase, obliterate.
Halcyon
Calm, peaceful, tranquil; rich, wealthy, prosperous; happy, joyful, carefree; a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher.
Status quo
The existing state or condition.
Abate
To reduce in amount, degree or intensity; to put an end to or suppress; to deduct or subtract; d. to omit
Banal
Devoid of freshness or originality,
Insurgent
A person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government; a rebel.
Provoke
To anger, enrage, exasperate or vex; to stir up; to incite or stimulate; to give rise to or bring about.
Vengeful
Desiring or seeking vengeance, vindictive.
Reprisal
Retaliation against an enemy; use of force to secure redress of a grievance; the forcible seizure of property /
Assuage
To make milder or less severe, relieve, ease, mitigate, appease, satisfy, allay, to soothe, calm or mollify.
Contrite
Caused by or showing sincere remorse; filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement.
Patina
A film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
Desecrate
To divest of sacred or hallowed character or office; to divert from a sacred to a profane use or purpose; to treat with sacrilege, profane.
Abrasive
Any material or substance used for grinding, polishing (as emery, pumice or sandpaper); tending to abrade; tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive.
Relic
A surviving memorial of something past; an object having interest by reason of its age or association with the past; something kept in remembrance, souvenir, memento.
Flaunt
To parade, or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly or boldly; to ignore or treat with disdain.
Exotic
Of foreign origin or character, not native; strikingly strange in effect or appearance; of a uniquely new or experimental nature.
Sycophant
A self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
Atone
To make amends or reparation as for an offense or a crime; to make up as for errors or deficiencies.
Grim
Harsh, unyielding, frightful, horrible, dire, grisly, severe, stern, ferocious, ruthless.
Upstart
A person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power or a position of consequence.
