Deck 31 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Upend
To set on an end
To affect or upset drastically
Upstanding
Honest, respectable
Standing up, erect
Urbane
Suave, courteous, and refined in manner
Utilitarian
Designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive
Utility
Being useful, profitable, or beneficial
Being functional rather than attractive
Vapid
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; uninteresting, dull, boring
Vice
Immoral or wicked behavior
Vitreous
Like glass in appearance or physical properties
Volley
Number of bullets, arrows, projectiles discharged at one time
Series of utterances directed at someone in quick succession
Wanderlust
Strong desire to travel
Wax (v.)
Moon: progressively larger part of surface illuminated
Become larger or stronger
Begin to speak/write about something in specified way
Well-heeled
Wealthy
Wend
Go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
Wracked
Cause extreme physical or mental pain to; subject to extreme stress
Wry
Using dry, mocking humor
(Of a person’s face) twisted into expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance
“Accepted as Gospel”
To believe something is completely true
“At loggerheads”
Engaged in a head-on dispute
“Fellow Feeling”
Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
“Flights of Fancy”
Ideas or thoughts that are full of imagination and not realistic
“Gain currency”
Become current; become established
