eng vocab asnd Flashcards
(20 cards)
1
Q
state of nervous or excitement
A
overwrought
2
Q
find fight w/a person
A
reproach
3
Q
commit harmful or illegal action
A
perpetrate
4
Q
leave secretly to avois detention
A
absconding
5
Q
not saving for the future
A
improvident
6
Q
sexual intercose without marriage
A
fornications
7
Q
slow and inactive
A
idolently
8
Q
foolish person
A
git
9
Q
be spectator in a card game
A
kibitz
10
Q
curtain as door or decoration
A
portiers
11
Q
confrontation
A
row
12
Q
courtly attention to women
A
galantry
13
Q
out of harmony, at variance
A
dissonant
14
Q
reserved in manner
A
diffidently
15
Q
girl during 40s following fashions
A
bobby-soxer
16
Q
without reason or intelligence / brutal
A
bestial
17
Q
drink greedily
A
swilling
18
Q
showing disblief
A
incredulously
19
Q
secretly
A
stealthily
20
Q
the ancient past
A
antiquity
