Details Title: 12/14 Vocab Test Description: Scarlet Letter Lists (ya fat bastard) Total Flash Cards: 58 Created: 12/13/2005 18:29:27		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional English Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term feign Definition pretend; give false appearance Term fain Definition gladly; willingly Term vivify Definition to enliven Term repugnance Definition extreme distaste Term exhortation Definition a strong urging or pleading Term contumaciously Definition obstinately Term caprice Definition a whim; a sudduen change of mind Term perverse Definition contrary; deviating from what is considered right Term reviled Definition used abusive language toward someone Term gesticulation Definition just another word that rhymes with "testiculation" (a gesturing) Term endue Definition to put on; to dress in (i.e. Alan endued his man-thong. I just thought you should have that image while studying for vocab) Term expatiating Definition explaining in great detail Term reproof Definition blame or censure for a fault Term bedizen Definition to dress or decorate in a showy way Term albeit Definition even though Term indefeasible Definition that cannot be taken away (that's what they wrote down, they're the dicks, don't blame me) Term mountebank Definition one who entertains with jokes or tricks Term adduce Definition to state or offer as reason, argument, or proof Term averred Definition declared to be true Term vindicate Definition to lay claim to; to maintain Term emaciated Definition abnormally lean Term despondent Definition lacking in hope; pessimistic Term importunate Definition annoyingly persistent; insistent Term emissary Definition a person sent on a special missin; agent Term expiation Definition atonement (i.e. for getting feaky with a minister) Term prate Definition to talk long and idly; chatter Term prolix Definition wordy Term vixenly Definition shrewishly; ill-tempered Term vicissitude Definition the quality or state of being changeable; a fluctuation of state or condition Term tempestuous Definition turbulent, stormy, uproar Term arduous Definition hard to accomplish or achieve; strenuous Term sagaciously Definition keen in sense perception; acute discernment Term vigilance Definition the quality or state of being watchful and awake Term vigilance Definition the quality or state of being watchful and awake Term alacrity Definition promptness in response; cheerful reasiness (i.e. He responded with alacrity when she told him to take off....) Term inveterately Definition firmly established by long persistence; habitual Term palsied Definition affected with uncontrollable tremors of the body or body parts Term actuates Definition to move to action Term polemical Definition aggressive attack on or refutation of the principles or opinions of another; controversial Term evanescent Definition tending to vanish like vapor; transient Term antiquarian Definition one who deals with old or rare books Term traversing Definition to go against or act in opposition to; oppose; thwart Term torpid Definition having lost motion or the power of exertion; lacking energy; dull; dormant Term imbecility Definition utter foolishness; nonsensical Term inefficacious Definition lacking the power to produce a desired effect; ineffective....(*cough cough* viagra *cough cough*) Term predilections Definition a strong liking deriving from one's temperament or experience Term requisite Definition essential, neccesary Term inauspicious Definition not favorable Term physiognomies Definition facial featues (I like your physiognomies) Term augered Definition to predict the future, especially from omens Term solemnity Definition a formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event Term ignominy Definition deep personal humiliation and disgrace; disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action Term vied Definition to strive for superiority Term contumely Definition rude language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt Term remonstrance Definition an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance Term eminence Definition position of prominence or superiority Term your momma is so fat Definition when she jumped up in the air, she got stuck Term kinky Definition adj. kink·i·er, kink·i·est 1. Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair. 2. Slang. Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes, especially of a sexual or erotic nature: “his appetite for kinky filmmaking, unmitigated by any artistry” (John Simon).