Meanings Flashcards
(43 cards)
Slender
Thin or slight;
Small in size;
Reassuringly
To assure again
Truimphant
having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful
Dismissive
indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one’s presence or from consideration:
a curt, dismissive gesture.
indicating lack of interest or approbation; scornful; disdainful.
Disgruntled
displeased and discontented; sulky
Indignantly
feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base:
indignant remarks; an indignant expression on his face.
Grudgingly
displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness:
grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent.
Inexorable
unyielding; unalterable:
(inexorable truth; inexorable justice)
not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties:
(an inexorable creditor)
Unvarying
verb (used with object), var·ied, var·y·ing.
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
to vary one’s methods.
to cause to be different from something else:
(The orchestra varied last night’s program with one new selection)
verb (used without object), var·ied, var·y·ing.
to show diversity; be different:
(The age at which children are ready to read varies)
to undergo change in appearance, form, substance, character, etc.:
(The landscape begins to vary as one drives south)
to change periodically or in succession; differ or alternate:
(Demand for certain products varies with the season)
to diverge; depart; deviate (usually followed by from ):
to vary from the norm.
Mathematics . to be subject to change.
Biology . to exhibit variation.
Despondently
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom:
Amateur
a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons. Compare professional.
an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize.
a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity:
(Hunting lions is not for amateurs)
Distraught
distracted; deeply agitated
Quarry
an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
Strewn
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle:
(to strew seed in a garden bed)
Stagnant
not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
Sheer
unmixed with anything else:
We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock.
Four square
consisting of four corners and four right angles; square:
Thickets
a thick or dense growth of shrubs, bushes, or small trees; a thick coppice.
Swerved
to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
Battlements
Often battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.
Airily
in a lively or breezy manner; jauntily.
Overwhelmed
to load, heap, treat, or address with an overpowering or excessive amount of anything:
(a child overwhelmed with presents; to overwhelm someone with questions)
Dispelled
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
(to dispel the dense fog.)
to cause to vanish; alleviate:
(to dispel her fears.)
Vast
of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous:
vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war.