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Details Title: vocab Description: Vocabulary from 2nd semester Total Flash Cards: 90 Created: 05/31/2007 12:36:05	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Adage Definition N. A short maxim or proverb (a short saying) Term Blaze Definition N. bored indifferent about life Term Cower Definition V. To cringe or shrink away from cold or in fear Term Finesse Definition N. craftiness, skill Term Ostracize Definition V. to banish or exclude from a group Term Solicitous Definition Adj. attentive Term Implore Definition v. beseech Term Pragmatic Definition Adj. practical Term Glib Definition Adj. preformed with ease and informality without sincerity Term Averse Definition Adj. opposed Term Disconsolate Definition Adj. hopelessly sad Term Prodigious Definition Adj. huge Term Tarry Definition v. to delay or be late Term Infirmity Definition N. illness Term Countenance Definition N. a facial expression Term Fawn Definition N. a young deer or V. to show affection Term Tributary Definition N. a small stream that flows into a larger one Term Chide Definition V. to scold; rebuke Term Bequeath Definition V. to give to a person by will Term Portentuous Definition Adj. foreshadowing Term Viscous Definition Adj. having relatively high resistance to flow, ex. Jello Term Admonish Definition V. to scold unharshly Term Disrobe Definition V. to remove the cloths from Term Construe Definition V. to analyze the structure Term Plod Definition V. to trudge, move or walk heavily Term Obstinate Definition Adj. Stubbornly Term Servile Definition Adj. slavish in character or attitude Term Myriad Definition Adj. a lot Term Trod Definition V. to walk on, over Term Soothsayer Definition N. one who claims to foretell events Term Abridge Definition V. to shorten, lessen Term Affable Definition Adj. friendly Term Augury Definition N. prophet, omen Term Engender Definition V. to create Term Mirth Definition N. Joy, happiness Term Prostration Definition N. to stretch out Term Rhetoric Definition N. the art of speaking Term Rout Definition N. a defeat Term Spurn Definition V. to reject Term Vouchsafe Definition V. to grant permission hesitantly Term Puissant Definition Adj. mighty, powerful Term Strife Definition N. a conflict Term Oration Definition N. a formal address or speech Term Mantle Definition N. a cloak Term Chastise Definition V. to punish Term Covetous Definition Adj. greedy (you desire it) Term Exigent Definition Adj. urgent Term Visage Definition N. the face Term Emulate Definition V. to copy Term Prodigy Definition N. a young gifted person Term Felicity Definition N. great happiness, bliss Term Scalloped Definition Adj. curved projections around edges Term Sediment Definition N. matter deposited by water or wind Term Rampant Definition Adj. widespread Term Fissure Definition N. a narrow crack or cleft, as in a rock face. Term Troubadour Definition N. a minstrel or singer Term Sumptuous Definition Adj. costly or lavish Term Reproach Definition v. to accuse or n. shame disgrace Term Warrantable Definition Adj. guaranteed Term Abdicate Definition V. to surrender Term Dunlin Definition N. a sandpiper Term Unscrupulous Definition Adj. dishonest Term Ardent Definition Adj. passionately intense with feeling, warm with feeling Term Peregrine Definition N. a traveler Term Portentous Definition foreshadowing Term Griffin Definition N. a mythical creature, a tint Term Tincture Definition N. a pharmaceutical mixture Term Ingenuity Definition N. cleverness Term Furrow Definition N. a wrinckle or a groove Term undulate Definition V. to move in a wavy motion Term Conceit Definition N. idea, long metaphor Term Novice Definition N. a beginer Term Vacuously Definition Adv. Empty Term Concave Definition Adj. curved Term Slaver Definition V. to drool Term Transfixed Definition Adj. Attracted to something, frozen with astonishment Term Compulsory Definition Adj. required, always happening Term Consort Definition N. a companion Term Sable Definition N. black fur Term Renunciation Definition N. Abandoning or dismissing Term Vicar Definition N. a minister, priest Term Discontentedly Definition Adv. angrily Term Taciturn Definition Adj. quiet Term Cudgel Definition N. a short heavy club Term Besiege Definition V. to surround, to crowd something with intent of capture Term Bramble Definition N. a prickly bush Term Feverishly Definition Adv. showing great emotion or activity, passionately Term Faction Definition N. a group or union Term Beckon Definition V. to call or signal by a motion Term Pathos Definition N. evokes pity