English Vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
auxiliary
giving assistance or support, a help or aid, backup
Candid
Frank, sincere, impartial
Cubicle
a small room or compartment
Drudgery
Work that is hard and tiresome
Envoy
a representative or messanger
escalate
to elevate to increase in intensity
expedient
a means to an end, advantageous, useful
Feign
To pretend
Flair
A naturally quality, talent, or skill
Grevious
Causing sorrow or pain, serious
Heterogeneous
composed of different kinds, diverse
Horde
a vast number, a throng
impel
to force, drive forward
incredulous
disbelieving, skeptical
inscribe
to write or engrave, to enter a name on a list
monologue
a speech by one actor, a long talk by one person
prognosis
a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
rasping
with a harsh, grating sound
Repugnant
offensive, disagreeable, distateful
scuttle
to sink a ship by cutting holes in it, get rid of something in a decisive way
