Chap 14- End Flashcards
(20 cards)
Green foliage
Verdure
something causing misery or death
Bane
Marked by care and persistent effort
Sedulous
Harmful to living things
Deleterious
Easily irritated or annoyed
Petulant
Intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
Precocity
Marked by high spirits or excitement
Scintillating
Fill to satisfaction
Satiate
Unnatural lack of color in the skin
Pallor
Make less rigid or softer
Mollify
An indication that something has been present
Vestige
Acting in bad faith; decoration by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under another
Duplicity
Unrestrained by convention or morality
Dissolute
Refuse to acknowledge or recognize as valid
Repudiate
Deify or glorify
Apotheosize
Fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Consternation
An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
Depredation
Characterized by jokes and good humor
Jocular
Marked by high spirits or excitement
Effervescent
Harsh criticism or disapproval
Animadversion