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english vocab cards
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| muddle | VERB to make a mess of |
| relinquish | VERB to let go, give up |
| Efface | VERB to wipe out, to keep ones self from being noticed |
| Admonished | VERB to caution or advise against something |
| Cumbersome | ADJ. clumsy, hard to handle, slow moveing |
| Diffuse | VERB to spread or Scatter freely or widely |
| Brigand | NOUN Bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
| Perennial | ADJ. lasting for a long time, persistant |
| Opinionated | ADJ. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas, haveing a closed mind |
| Circumspect | ADJ. careful, cautious |
| Spurious | ADJ. not genuine, not true, not valid |
| Salvage | VERB to save, rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim |
| Dilemma | NOUN a difficult or perplexing situation or problem |
| Deadlock | NOUN a stand still resulting from the opposition of 2 equal forces or factions |
| Spasmodic | ADJ. sudden and violent but brief |
| unbridled | ADJ. uncontrolled, lacking restraint |
| Predispose | VERB to incline before hand |
| Debris | NOUN wreckage, scattered, scattered wreckage |
| Breach | NOUN an opening or rupture |
| Commandeer | VERB to seize for official use |
| adjorn | VERB to stop temporarily |
| alien | NOUN citizens of another country |
| comely | ADJ. haveing a pleasing appearance |
| compensate | VERB to make up for |
| dissolute | ADJ. loose in ones morals or behavior |
| erratic | ADJ. not regular or consistant |
| expulsion | NOUN the process of driving or forcing out |
| feint | NOUN a deliberately deceptive moment |
| fodder | NOUN food for horses or cattle |
| fortify | VERB to strengthen, build up |
| illegible | ADJ. difficult or impossible to read |
| jeer | VERB to make fun of rudely or unkindly |
| lucrative | ADJ. bringing in money; proffitable |
| mediocre | ADJ. average, ordinary |
| prolifferate | VERB to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly |
| subjugate | VERB to conquer by force, to bring under complete control |
| sully | VERB to soil, stain tarnish, defile, besmirch |
| tantalize | VERB to tease, torment by teasing |
| terse | ADJ. brief and to the point |
| unflinching | ADJ. firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back |
| adbridge | VERB to make shorter |
| adherent | NOUN a follower |
| altercation | NOUN an angry argument |
| cherubic | ADJ. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child |
| condone | VERB to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | VERB to dissagree |
| eminent | ADJ. famous, outstanding, distinguished |
| exorcise | VERB to drive out using magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| fabricate | VERB to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
| irate | ADJ. angry |
| Marauder | NOUN a raider, plunderer |
| obesity | NOUN excessive fatness |
| pauper | NOUN an extremely poor person |
| pilfer | VERB to steal in small quantities |
| rift | NOUN a split, break, breach |
| semblence | NOUN a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition |
| surmount | VERB to overcome, rise above |
| terminate | VERB to bring to an end |
| Trite | ADJ. common; overused, staleplace |
| usurp | VERB to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
| abscond | VERB to run off and hide |
| access | NOUN approach or admittance to places, persons, o things VERB to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | NOUN a lack of government and law; confusion |
| arduous | ADJ. hard to do, requireing much effort |
| auspicious | ADJ. favorable; fortunate |
| biased | ADJ. favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| daunt | Verb to overcome with fear, intimadate; to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | VERB to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | ADJ. determined in advance by destiny of fortune |
| hoodwink | VERB to mislead by a trick, decieve |
| inanimate | ADJ. not having life; without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | VERB to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | ADJ. very brave, fearless, unshakeable |
| larceny | NOUN theft |
| pliant | ADJ. bending readily; easily influenced |
| pompous | ADJ. overly self-important in speach and manner; excessively, stately or cremonious |
| Precipice | NOUN a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
| rectify | VERB to make right, correct |
| reprieve | Noun a temporary relief or delay; VERB to grant a postponement |
| revile | VERB to attack with words, call bad names |
Created by:
andrew leeman
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