Ap English Language pt. 3 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Benign
Kindly, gentle, or harmless
Accolade
Praise, distinction
Carnivorous
Meat-eating
Deflation
Decrease, depreciation
Embezzle
To steal money in violation of a trust
Fetter
To bind, chain, confine
Gluttony
Eating and drinking to excess (to much)
Heighten
To raise
Impeccable
Flawless, without fault
Legible
Readable
Invalid
A chronically I’ll or disabled person
Sullenly
Gloomy or sadly
Mournful
Feeling or expressing grief
Infallibility
The state of being incapable to fail
Blight
A disease or something that withers hopes or impairs growth
Doggedness
Stubborn, not yielding
Reiterate
To stay over again; repeat
Naught
Nothing
Vermilion
A vivid red to reddish orange color
Iridescent
Producing bright rainbow like-colors
Martyr
Person dying for his or her belief
Notoriety
Unfavorable fame
Pedantic
Ostentatious in one’s learning; overly concerned with minute details or formalisms
Parch
To dry or shrivel