Words Flashcards
Orthodox
Conventional
Salutary
Something that teaches you a lesson, beneficial
Precipice
Steep slope
Desecrate
To damage or pollute holy place
Ornate
Highly decorated
Frankincense
A sweet, smelling incense
Observant
Quick to notice
Tiff
Minor argument
Regiment
Military unit
Nurture
To take care
Incessant
Without pause or stop
Satiate
To satisfy
Effusive
Emotionally unrestrained
Stickler
Person who insists on something
Sagacity
Wisdom
Connoisseur
Appreciator and judge of art
Heather
An evergreen plant
Self possessed
Confident
Truncate
Cut short
Ludicrous
Ridiculous
Ruble
Russian currency
Crimson
Deep red
Begrudge
To give reluctantly
Fond
To like
Conflagration
Great fire
Opaque
Allowing little light to pass through
Precipitous
Done in a hurry
Truant
Someone absent without permission
Skepticism
Doubt, or disbelief
Mutton
Sheep
Coriander
A herb, also known as, cilantro
Would
Maybe, hope, wish to happen
Dejected
Upset and depressed
Perilous
Dangerous
Scanty
Insufficient
Nonplussed
Confused to the point of being unable to act or speak
Unanimous
In complete agreement
Ominous
Threatening
Derogatory
Uncomplimentary
Affect
/Effect
Affect - verb, to influence
Effect - noun, the result
Girdle
That which encircles
Crimson
Deep red
Mutton
Sheep
Enigmatic
Puzzling
Procure
To obtain
Poignantly
Intensely
Abstain
Not partaking in some activity or action
Articulate
Well spoken
Discourse
The verbal interchange of ideas
Exhortation
Urging or incitement by strong appeals
Innumerable
Too many to be counted
Conjecture
To infer
Deformity
Disfigurement
Despondence
discouragement
Arbiter
One who decides or holds the power
Supple
Flexible
Execration
Utter devastation
Genial
Favorable to growth or comfort
Verdure
Lush vegetation
Tinge
To affect or modify in character
Capacious
Spacious
Anecdote
A short, usually funny story
Nondescript
Featureless and thus hard to describe
Truncate
Cut short
Truant
Someone absent without permission
Antidote
Remedy for poison
Impious
Wicked
Exemplify
To serve as a good example
Extenuating
Lessening, reducing/ guilt diminishing
Convalesce
Get better after illness
Incessant
Never stopping/ending
Valor
Bravery
Sever
To cut or separate
School
Group of fish
Levity
Lack of seriousness
Vast
Very great, enormous
Foolhardy
Unthinking and rash
Pervasive
Spread through every part
Spontaneity
Impulsive action
Conjecture
Speculation
Reverence
Profound respect
Intractable
Hard to manage
Conciliating
Agreeable
Derision
Mockery
Perfidious
Disloyal
Illusion
Allusion
Elusive
Delusion
Deceiving
To reference art or culture
Hard to grasp
Crazy
Spurious
Phony, false
Emaciated
Very skinny
Ablution
A washing or cleansing
Blithesome
Cheerful
Castigate
to punish
Coerce
To force
Decapitate
To behead
Egotism
Self-conciet
Fawn
A young deer
Dormant
Not active
Efface
Erase
Embitter
Cause someone to feel bitter
Empirical
Based on observation and experimentation
Endorse
Approve, support
Enigma
Mystery
Equitable
Fair
Fathom
Understand
Generic
General, not specific
Hail
Signal, greet, call out
Forbearance
Patience, self control, restraint
Alliteration
When there is multiple repeating should sounds or letters, adjacent or next to each other
Eg sweet birds sang
Incarnate
In the flesh
Incredulous
Disbelieving, skeptical
Lofty
Tall
Malign
Evil
Myopic
Nearsighted
Odiferous
(Or odoriferous)
Having a strong, unpleasant smell
Opaque
Not transparent
Plebeian
Common citizen
Quash
Reject
Rejuvenate
Make young again
Hedonist
Pleasure seeker
Silo
Storage unit
Intuitive
Instinctive, untaught