Deck 12 Flashcards
1
Q
askance
A
a sideways glance of disapproval
2
Q
maculate
A
spotted, blotched, defiled, impure
3
Q
fulsome
A
disgusting due to excess
4
Q
betrothed
A
to promise or pledge in marriage
5
Q
epiphany
A
sudden, intuitive insight into reality or the essential meaning of something
6
Q
dissemble
A
to pretend; to feign; to conceal by pretense
7
Q
defunct
A
no longer living or existing
8
Q
asperity
A
harshness
9
Q
contusion
A
a bruise; an injury in which the skin is not broken
10
Q
contumacious
A
resisting authority
11
Q
descant
A
to talk or write at length
12
Q
obsequious
A
servilely attentive, fawning
13
Q
reprehensible
A
deserving a reprimand
14
Q
lugubrious
A
full of sorrow, mournful
15
Q
circumlocation
A
indirect way of speaking, not to the point
