Aqwf Flashcards
(30 cards)
Abyss
Bottomless hole, a vast expanse or depth
Acrid
Caustic, bitter, harsh (relates to taste or smell)
Affable
Friendly, courteous, amiable
Allure
To influence, sway, or entice with some tempting appeal
Angular
Lean, sharp cornered; gaunt
Apathy
A lack of concern or feeling; indifferent
Ascend
To move upward, to rise from a lower location
Authoritative
Coming from proper authority; dictatorial; conclusive
Automaton
A creature acting in a mechanical way with no indication of intelligence
Banal
Common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed
Baseness
The quality of lacking higher values
Bequeath
To hand down, to give or to leave in a will
Blanch
To take the color out of, to bleach, to make white
Camouflage
A concealment by means of disguise
Claustrophobia
Fear of enclosed spaces
Cloister
To seclude or to confine
Conceit
Excessively high opinion of one’s own worth or ability
Confound
To cause one to become confused
Congeal
To solidify or to coagulate
Contempt
Scorn, extreme dislike or disdain
Debauchary
Moral corruption
Decorum
Appropriate conduct, correct and proper behavior
Degeneration
A state of decline
Demented
Insane
