Blue Unit 5 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Appall
To shock or dismay.
Apparently
Obvious.
Characteristic
Typical; distinctive.
Deadpan
Without expression.
Decade
Ten year period.
Deny
Declare untrue; refuse to give or accept.
Excel
To be better than.
Extend
Prolong; expand; stretch forth; offer.
Fluster
Make confused.
Forethought
Foresight; careful consideration of what will be necessary or may happen in the future.
Ordeal
Difficult or painful experience.
Routinely
Regular procedure.
Stake
Pointed stick to be driven into the ground; money risked as a wager; to mark the boundaries; to wager.
Stolid
Unexcitable; calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
Stun
Make unconscious, as by a blow; shock deeply.
Subject
A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with; a branch of knowledge studied or taught in a school, college, or university; likely or prone to be affected by; dependent or conditional upon; conditionally upon; cause or force to undergo.
Suitor
A man who courts a woman.
Tedious
Tiresome; boring.
Vibrant
Quivering; resonant; energetic.
Whim
Sudden notion.