Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
LA. Vocab List 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ASSUAGE | v. to lessen or calm; to pacify// n. assuagement adj. assuaged// to aggravate, to agitate, to annoy |
| *BRETHREN | n. members of a particular church or sect; members of a particular group; brothers; relatives// n/a// outsiders, strangers, foreigners, outcasts |
| *DOMICILE | n. a house or a place where a person lives// n/a// outside |
| *FORAY | n. a venture or an initial attempt, especially outside of one’s usual area// n/a// idleness; laziness |
| IMPOTENT | adj. powerless; helpless// n. impotence adv. impotently// able; capable; effective; skilled |
| IMPUDENT | adj. shamelessly bold; insolent or impertinent; rude; disrespectful// n. impudence adv. impudently// humble; modest; polite |
| PIETY | n. devotion to religious duties and practices// adj. pious adv. piously// atheism; disbelief; disloyalty |
| *PREDILECTION | n. a preference or a preferred way of doing something// n/a// dislike; hate |
| TACITURN | adj. almost always silent; quiet; reserved// n. taciturnity// talkative; wordy |
| SULLY | v. to disgrace; to shame; to spoil; to soil// n/a// improve; honor; enhance; clean |
| CONDESCEND | v. to lower oneself to the level of one considered inferior; to speak down to; to stoop// adj. condescendly n. condescension// resist; reject; rise above; contradict |
| *COVEY | n. a small group, as of persons// n/a// n/a |
| *ENTAILMENT | n. a legal situation regarding the use of inheriting property// v. entail// elimination; rejection; removal |
| INDIGENOUS | adj. belonging to a particular region or country// n/a// alien; foreign |
| SECEDE | v. to break away; to withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance// n/a// to join; to unite; to advance |
| VEXATION | n. something that causes annoyance or problems// adj. vexatious adv. vexatiously n. vexatiousness v. vex// soothing; calming; relaxing |
| AMIABLE | adj. friendly, personable, jovial// n. amiability n. amiableness adj. amiably// unfriendly; hostile; disagreeable |
| CONTENTIOUS | adj. argumentative; always ready to quarrel or argue; quarrelsome// n. contention adv. contentiously// agreeable |
| DIMINUTIVE | adj. tiny; smaller than ordinary; very small// n. diminutiveness// immense; enormous; vast; gigantic |
| ERRATIC | adj. irregular; lacking consistency, regularity, or uniformity// adv. erratically// unchanging; regular; natural |
| ACQUIESCENCE | n. passive agreement or compliance to or with something; reserved, quiet agreement// adj. aquiensent// disagreement; fight; refusal |
| LIVID | adj. furious, very angry; bluish or discolored as a result of bruising or intense anger// n. lividity/lividness// happy; blissful; forgiving |
| IMMATERIAL | adj. lacking importance or relevance; unimportant, of no consequence// n. immateriality// relevant; significance; important |
| TEMERITY | n. reckless boldness, nerve, audacity; impudence// n/a// carefulness; care; forethought |
| AFFLUENT | adj. wealthy; having an abundance of material wealth// n. affluence// poor; impoverished |
Created by:
autumn.rhonemus
Popular English Vocabulary sets