Yellow Unit 5 Flashcards
Ascetic
A person who practices self-denial and self-mortification for religious reasons; a person who leads a simple, nonmaterialist life.
Benign
Not malignant - harmless.
Brood
A number of young produced or hatched at one time; family of offspring or young; to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder; to dwell on a subject.
Condense
To compact; reduce the volume or extent of; abridge.
Conviction
A fixed or firm belief; the act of convicting (to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after legal trial).
Estuary
The large mouth of a river.
Exquisite
Of special beauty or charm or rare and appealing excellence.
Idol
An image or other material object representing a deity and worshiped as such; a person or thing devotedly or excessively admired.
Imperceptible
Very slight, gradual, or subtle; not perceived by or affecting the senses.
Interminable
Having no apparent limit or end; monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; incessant.
Luminous
Radiating or reflecting light; shining bright; enlightened.
Meditative
Given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
Nautical
Of or pertaining to sailors, ships, or navigation.
Pacific
Tending to make or preserve peace; not warlike; peaceable; mild; peaceful, calm, tranquil.
Personify
To attribute a human nature or character to; to represent in the form of a person.
