18/11/2015 evening 4 Flashcards
(10 cards)
lament
- to express often vocal mourning or grief for or over:
lamented the death of their leader.
To regret deeply; deplore:
He lamented his thoughtless acts.
lofty
extending high in the air; of imposing height;
towering: lofty mountains.
a light, lofty apartment in the suburbs of Salzburg.
lofty ideas means high ambitions
malady
A malady is an illness or disease. He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
serious problems in a society or situation. When apartheid is over the maladies will linger on.
dumb
Someone who is dumb is completely unable to speak. …a young deaf and dumb man.
( Literary ) If someone is dumb on a particular occasion, they cannot speak because they are angry, shocked, or surprised. We were all struck dumb for a minute.
meagre
if you say something is meagre , you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough. The rations that they gave us were meager and inadequate.
If something is inadequate , there is not enough of it or it is not good enough.
the money you have paid me is inadequate
nimble
nimble
quick and light in movement or action; agile:
the magicians fingers were very nimble
he was very nimble when he moved through the crowd
▪ (of the mind) able to think and understand quickly:
her mind was so nimble and she was so quick to learn.
rowdy
When people are rowdy , they are noisy, rough, and likely to cause trouble. He has complained to the police about rowdy neighbors.
omen
when you say it’s an omen that means it’s a sign of something bad like if you’re on your way to school and you see 2 black cats you think it’s an omen I’m going to have a bad day at school
Gravity
- one of the main forces of physics
- Seriousness
I now understand the gravity of the situation.
foreknowledge
you have some foreknowledge of it before it actually happens.I had foreknowledge of the test as I had cunningly swiped the answers.
