51-75 Flashcards
Embroil
To engage in trouble, to complicate
Tangible
Able to be touched or treated as real
Homely
Unattractive, plainlooking
Stamina
Resistance to fatigue or hardship, endurance
Primp
To dress or groom with careful attention to detail
Posterity
Future generations
Kindling
Dry sticks of wood used to start a fire
Rift
A break in friendly relations
Rancid
Spoiled or rotten esp. Oils or fats
Shard
A fragment of a brittle substance, glass or pottery, a small piece of something
Sarcasm
Harsh, often ironic ridicule, intended to hurt
Deluge
A great flood
Extortion
Taking by force or threat of force
Comely
Attractive or pleasing in appearance, pretty handsome
Vogue
Prevailing fashion
Obsequious
Showing too great a willingness to serve or obey
Scion
Ab heir, a descendent
Bowdlerize
To censor esp. Prudishly
Defer
To delay, to put off
Become
To be appropriate or suitable to, look good with