word knowledge last day to review 4 Flashcards
Chimera
hing that is hoped or wished for but is illusory or impossible to achieve. It can also mean a monster that’s a combination of various animal
Mulct
to extract money from someone by fining or taxing./defraud
My voice is strident.
harsh
Raffish/ his raffish hair
unconventional and slightly disreputable, especially in an attractive way./tawdry
ailment
illness
Fortuitous
no cause/ happening by a lucky chance
intervene
interfere
Submission
yielding to the power or authority of another.
Collide
to meet and strike violently.
Exalt
Hold somebody in a high regard, opposite of blame
The abhorrent smell from the lake
offensive
Belie
misrepresent
The water was calm that day with detritus slowly moving in the small eddies
debris/ waste
Mike was afraid he might be ostracized for stepping out of line.
Ostracized, an adjective, means banished.
wayworn traveler.
weary,tired
Mallet
hammer
Hosiery
stockings (as in socks and pantyhose)
imparted
make known, communicate
extraneous data.
superfluous/ unnecessary
amity
friendship
Indigenous
native
Fondle
handle
Fete
festival.
Tim was known as a smart aleck, able to deliver acerbic one-liners with no effort.
sharp
inexorable force
unyielding/ unstoppable
hector those who moved too slowly
harass, bully
Reggy was as gauche in this group of polite company as he always had been.
tactless, awkward
