click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Stack #204771
Burning Bright Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| beatific | blessedly happy |
| cadence | rhythmic; expressive |
| certitude | certainty, confidence |
| chaos | complete confusion |
| complementing | going well together |
| discourse | lengthy discussion in speech or writing |
| exhalation | an emission of air or vapor |
| filigree | delicate, ornamental work made from twisted wire of gold or silver |
| insidious | spreading harm slowly and secretly; treacherous |
| intuitively | through the senses rather than rational thought |
| invigorate | to give energy to; to animate |
| linguist | a language specialist |
| manifest | to show plainly; to reveal |
| moor | an area of poorly drained open land |
| morgue | a place where dead bodies are kept until final arrangements are made |
| oracle | a prophet; a wise person |
| patronage | support; attendance |
| perfunctorily | in a routine manner |
| phosphorescent | glowing |
| profusion | plentiful amount |
| quaver | to speak in a trembling voice |
| rebut | to refute; to offer opposing evidence |
| skepticism | a doubting or questioning attitude |
| strew | to spread; to scatter |
| suffuse | to spread through or over |
| teem | to be full of things; to swarm |
| trifle | a small amount; a little bit |
| verbiage | excess words; wordiness |
| welter | a confused mass; a jumble |