chapters 13-21 Flashcards
pertinent
relevant or applicable to particular matter
palatable
Pleasant to taste
fanatical
filled with excessive and single-minded zeal; obsessively concerned
emboss
carve, mold, or stamp a design on
unaccustomed
not familiar or usual
prominent
important; famous
incantation
series of words said as a magic spell or charm
contort
twist or bend out of normal shape
inordinate
usually or disproportionately large
ascent
to climb or walk to the summit of the mountain or hill
reverie
a state of being pleasantly lost in thought
nondenominational
open or acceptable to people of any Christian denomination
presumptuous
failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate
simulated
manufactured in imitation of some other material
initiate
cause (a process) to begin