August Sat Words Flashcards
(40 cards)
Fetter
V: to restrain or to hamper
Mores
N: Customary cultural standards, Moral attitudes, manners, habits
Reprobate
N: a morally unprincipled person
Strident
Adj: harsh sounding
Assay
V: to try or test
Gratis
Adj: free or no charge
Comity
N: social harmony or mutual courtesy
Coiffure
N: a hairdo
Fiat
N: an authoritative order
Doldrums
N: a period of depression or inactivity
Imbue
V; to fill with a certain feeling/ quality
Cosmopolitan
Adj: sophisticated or confident
Rapacious
Adj; insatiable, greedy, plundering
Culpable
Adj: guilty or deserving blame
Predilection
N: tendency to think favorably of something
Cupidity
N: excessive greed
Oblique
Adj: at an angle, indirect
Satiety
N: the state of being overly satisfied
Symposium
N: a meeting or conference for discussion of a topic
Bovine
Adj: of/ relating to an animal such as a ox, cow, or Buffalo
Halcyon
Adj: tranquil or peaceful
Noxious
Adj; physically or mentally destructive
Reproach
V: to express disapproval for
Defunct
Adj: dead or inactive