Easy peasy Flashcards
(34 cards)
SUBSEQUENT
one that follows another
SEQUEL
a sequel may be a literary work, such as a novel, that follows another, continuing the same subject
SEQUENCE
In order, one item following another
QUERULOUS
anyone full of complaints, constantly nagging, harping, fretful, petulant, whining, never satisfied
CHIVALROUS
a modern man who has a knightly attitude to women
CAVALCADE
a procession of persons on horseback, as in a parade
CAVALIER
haughty, unmindful of others’ feelings, too offhand
CAVALRY
the mounted, or “horsed” part of an army
EQUESTRIAN
a horseman
EQUINE
horselike
INNOCUOUS
someone who need cause you no fear, so harmless is
that person, so unable to interfere, so unlikely to get you into trouble
INNOCENT
Not guilty of crime or injury
NOXIOUS
Harmful, poisonous; unwholesome
BIBULOUS
who has an overfondness for drinks with a pronounced alcoholic content
IMBIBE
To drink in, soak up, absorb
DOLOROUS
one who is mournful and sad, whose melancholy comes from physical pain or mental distress, who seems to be suffering or grieving
DOLEFUL
exaggerated dismalness, sadness, or dreariness
CONDOLENCE
an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of the death of a person’s relative or close friend
ENERVATE
complete devitalization—physical, emotional, mental
SYNERGY/ SYNERGISM
the process by which two or more substances or drugs, by working together, produce a greater effect in combination than the sum total of their individual effects.
NEGATE
to deny the truth or existence of
DECAPITATE
chop off someone’s head
RECAPITULATE
you summarize or review the main points
INTROVERT
turns thoughts inward
