Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Sadlier Oxford Level F Lesson 14
NA
20
English
11th Grade
08/21/2010

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
potpourri
Definition
a collection of diverse items; hodgepodge
Term
obdurate
Definition
stubborn, unyielding
Term
jejune
Definition
lacking in nutritive value; vapid, insipid
Term
infirmity
Definition
a weakness or ailment; malady; defect
Term
inception
Definition
the beginning; start; commencement
Term
extraneous
Definition
foreign; coming from the outside; irrelevant; incidental
Term
expatiate
Definition
to expand on; elaborate; to write or talk about at length
Term
deplete
Definition
to diminish greatly; to use up as a result of consumption; empty
Term
criterion
Definition
a rule or standard for evaluationi; gauge
Term
credulous
Definition
too ready to believe; easily decieved; gullible
Term
carnage
Definition
large-scale destruction or slaughter; massacre
Term
berate
Definition
to scold sharply; chide
Term
amenable
Definition
willing to follow advice or authority; agreeable; compliant
Term
precocious
Definition
showing unusually early development; gifted
Term
sadistic
Definition
delighting in cruelty; brutal; vicious
Term
sententious
Definition
self-righteous;saying much in a few words; pithy
Term
supplicate
Definition
to beg earnestly and humbly; plead
Term
surfeit
Definition
an excess; glut; to feed or supply with anything to excess; satiate
Term
tortuous
Definition
winding; twisted; crooked; complex
Term
turgid
Definition
swollen; bloated; inflated; bombastic
Supporting users have an ad free experience!