Word meanings Flashcards
Memento
Souvenir (Memory)
She brought back a memento from her trip.
Encumber
Burden, Cumbersome
To restrict someone from doing something, to obstruct. Restricted from freedom
He felt encumbered by her mother as she kept telling him to do the dishes.
Instigate
To stir up
She was instigating drama
Colony
Territory, dependency, settlement
The US has occupied the colony of Germany
Felicity
Extreme Happiness, eloquence,
As she got her degree, she was feeling felicity
Untenanted
The land/house had not been occupied
The house was untenanted for very long
Phosphates
a kind of medicine
She took phosphates to help with her headache
Congenial
an interest or something one enjoys doing
He was doing a congenial activity, an activity that he really enjoys
Grotesque
Disgusted by something
the gory scenes in the movie were grotesque, it made me feel sick
Fancies
A liking for something
Collecting stickers was one of their fancies.
fatuity
something silly and pointless
he spent his time saying silly things, his fatuity bothered me
Avarice
Greed
He was avaricious of his companion that had great amounts of wealth
Basely
Shows no honor or moral
His attitude was basely
smouldering
Present participle for show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion
temperament
A person’s or animal’s nature, especially as it permanently affects their behaviour
inexplicable
Not easily accounted for
waddling
Present participle for to walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side
misconstrued
Past tense for to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly
Hereditary
Able to be inherited, or passed from parents to their children
queer
Deviating from what is considered normal
phosphates
Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid
tonics
A medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigour or well-being
neglect
The state of being uncared for
wharf
A level quayside area to which a ship may be moored to load and unload
earnest
Having a serious demeanor
undulating
Moving up and down like waves
interminable
Seemingly endless because boring
repellant
Extremely unpleasant, offensive or repugnant
riotous
Characterized by wild and uncontrolled behaviour
budding
Beginning to develop
conscientiously
Done with meticulousness and extreme attention to detail
derision
Done with meticulousness and extreme attention to detail
plantain
a low-growing plant that typically has a rosette of leaves and a slender green flower spike, widely growing as a weed in lawns.
commodious
Roomy and comfortable
The house felt commodious, it was homely.
liberality
The state or quality of being munificent or generous
He radiated a sense of liberality, he was super sweet.
brooded
To have ruminated or mulled over
he brooded over the news, trying to understand it.
falsified
Demonstrated to be false
the fact was falsified, in other words, it was wrong.
contrive
To plot something using skill or ingenuity
He contrived a plan, one that took a lot of thinking.
disposition
An inclination or tendency
she had the disposition to bite her nails when she was nervous.
conductress
A female conductor
she was a conductress
sprite
An elf or fairy
as she had fairy wings in her room, she dressed up as a sprite for Halloween
helm
The position or place of command or leadership
he was the helm of the country, commanding the soldiers to follow his orders.
Acumen
Ability to understand and reason
She was acumen, able to understand concepts really easily
