Ch 10-12 Flashcards
(18 cards)
askance
with an attitude or look or disapproval or suspicion
vestment
a ceremonial or official robe
impalpable
not easily comprehended, unable to be felt/touched
etherealized
made extremely delicate and light, heavenly, spiritual, too perfect
somnambulism
sleepwalking
palliate
to make a disease less severe w/out removing the cause, to alleviate or mitigate
imbued
inspired or permeated with feelings/opinions
inextricable
impossibly tangled, impossible to extract
somniferous
tending to induce sleep
infirmity
weakness, illness
expiation
act of making amends or reparations, atonement
erudite
having great knowledge or showing learning
prolix
too many words, tediously lengthy
augured
foretold or predicted from an omen
efficacy
ability to produce a desired result
emoluments
salaries, fees, profits, from employment
preternatural
beyond what is natural, extraordinary
imbibed
absorbed ideas/knowledge