List 8 Flashcards
Convalesce
To recover one’s health
Alight
To descend and settle, as after flying
Dainty
Preciously delicate or charming
Feint
To distract an opponent by pretending to move in one direction and then moving in another
Implore
To beg
Impugn
To attack as false; to cast doubt on
Integral
Necessary to make something complete; essential
Jurisdiction
The authority to interpret and apply the law; the geographical range of the law
Malnutrition
A lack of proper nutrition
Meddle
To Intrude the business of others; to interfere
Painstaking
Using or requiring great care and effort
Pantheon
A group of highly regarded people; a place dedicated to highly regarded people
Sear
To scorch or burn the surface of; to make dry and withered
Vertical
Perpendicular to the horizon
Wince
To flinch