WOD 81-100 (11/28-12/17) Flashcards
- wheedle
to use soft words or flattery
- motley
made up of many different people or things
- quiddity
the essence of a thing—that is, whatever makes something the type of thing that it is
- sandbag
to hit or stun as if with a sandbag; to criticize or treat unfairly; to hide one’s true abilities or purpose in order to deceive people, gain an advantage, etc
- gloaming
the darker part of twilight
- perceptible
able to be seen or noticed
- celerity
swiftness of motion or action
- abdicate
to renounce or relinquish a position of usually sovereign power
- solace
someone or something that gives a feeling of comfort to a person who is experiencing grief, sadness, or anxiety
- lachrymose
someone who tends to cry often, or something that tends to cause people to cry
- vandalize
to deliberately damage or destroy public or private property
- expeditious
acting in a quick and efficient way, or something done in such a manner
- bravado
confident or brave talk or behavior that is intended to impress other people
- imbue
to provide with something freely or naturally; to permeate or influence
- compadre
a person’s close friend or buddy
- fiduciary
relating to or involving trust
- undulate
to move or be shaped like waves
- morass
an area of soft, wet ground, especially a marsh or swamp; a complicated or unpleasant situation that is difficult to get out of or to move through
- putative
generally believed, supposed, or assumed to be (something)
- oblivion
the state of something that is not remembered, used, or thought about anymore, or to the state of being unconscious or unaware; the state of being destroyed.
