List 12 Flashcards
(38 cards)
To punish or rebuke severely
Castigate
To call or bring to mind
To summon using supernatural power
Conjure
Concealed, hidden, secret, disguised
A covering; a shelter or hidden place
Covert
To delay because of doubts or obligations; to take exception to
Demur
Jumping from one thing to another in a haphazard way; unmethodical
Desultory
Happening by chance or accident
Fortuitous
To compare by placing two things parallel (adjacent)
Juxtapose
To soften the anger of or to soothe hurt feelings; to make less intense or severe (pacify)
Mollify
Most desirable or favorable
Optimal
Very destructive
Pernicious
Developed or matured before the usual time (refers especially to mental aptitude)
Precocious
Involving much inactivity or sitting
Sedentary
Joking
Facetious
Belittling
Derogatory
Changing unpredictably
Volatile
Nonspiritual
Secular
Pertaining to the night; done or occurring in the night
Nocturnal
Pertaining to the world
Mundane
Savage
Feral
Obscure
Cryptic
Slushy
Maudlin
A long, noisy, or scolding speech
Harangue
A request or favor; a blessing
Boon
A looking back on the past
Retrospect