Ch. 14-24 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Verdure
Green foliage
Bane
Something causing misery or death
Sedulous
Marked by care and persistent effort
Deleterious
Harmful to living things
Petulant
Easily irritated or annoyed
Precocity
Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal development schedules
Scintillating
Marked by high spirits or excitement
Satiate
Fill to satisfaction
Pallor
Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
Mollify
Make less rigid or softer
Vestige
a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.
Duplicity
acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
Dissolute
Unrestrained by convention or morality
Repudiate
Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
Apotheosize
Deify or glorify
Consternation
Fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Depredation
An act of plundering or pillaging
Jocular
Characterized by jokes and good humor
Effervescent
Marked by high spirits or excitement
Animadversion
Harsh criticism or disapproval
Pithy
The essence of something
⭐️(of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive
Ignominy
Public shame or disgrace
Sagacity (Sagacious)
Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; shrewd
Impropriety
a failure to observe standards or show due honesty or modesty; improper language, behavior, or character.
