WOD Flashcards
perfidious
- adjective
- treacherous, deceitful, untrustworthy, two-faced
detract
- verb
- to criticize, to speak ill of, to take away from (metaphorical)
ghastly
- adjective
- shockingly frightful or dreadful
nonpareil
- adjective
- without equal (especially in beauty), superior
odious
- adjective
- extremely unpleasant or repulsive
injunction
- noun
- command, authoritative warning or order
folly
- noun
- foolishness, silly desire, excessively costly or unprofitable undertaking (not always literally)
beseech
- verb
- to ask urgently, to beg, to implore
supplant
- verb
- to supersede especially by force or treachery, to usurp
perdition
- noun
- the state of being in hell or hellish conditions, damnation
abstemious
- adjective
- to be temperate, to abstain (especially from food or drink)
supple
- adjective
- bending and moving easily, flexible
ardor
- noun
- enthusiasm or passion
aspersion
- noun
- cutting insult or remark, slander