Word List 25 + Word List 26 Flashcards
colander
n. utensil with perforated bottom
posterity
n. decedents
irremediable
adj. incurable
prurient
adj. having or cause lustful thoughts and desires
taut
adj. tight, ready
resplendent
adj. dazzling, glorious; brilliant
antagotism
n. hostility
thrifty
adj. frugal
cursive
adj. to be flowing, running
attribute
n. essential quality
lewd
adj. to be lustful
ornithologist
n. researchers on birds
savory
adj. enjoyable
vigilance
n. watchfulness, alert
haggle
v. to argue about prices
reek
v. to emit strong odor
vacuous
adj. to be blank
rave
n. over praise
antediluvian
adj. to be antiquated
drone
n. idle person v. to talk dully
stratify
v. to separate into different classes
scruple
v. fret about, hesitate over
paradigm
n. model, paragon
threadbare
adj. to be old and worn
querulous
adj. to be grudging
querulous
adj. to be mourning
talon
n. claw of birds
diffuse
adj. to be long and boring
incursion
n. an invasion
imperial
adj. like an emperor
bogus
adj. to be fake and counterfeit
potent
adj. to be powerful
endemic
adj. to be local and restricted to a single region
painstaking
adj. to show hard work
nutrient
n. nourishing substance
inception
n. the start
cession
n. yielding to others
coqutte
n. flirt, show off
prim
adj. to be very precise and formal
chortle
v. to giggle or chuckle with delight
totter
v. to move steadily
flounder
v. to struggle and thrash about
perimeter
n. outer boundary
seep
v. to ooze
divine
v. to perceive intuitively
awry
adv. wrongly
culvert
n. artificial channel for water
podium
n. pedestal
dilate
v. to distend
unstinging
adj. to be generous
glossary
n. brief explanation of words used in the text
mirth
n. merriment, laughter