Monty Bookmark #1 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Thereafter
Before that time.
Hereafter
From now on.
Plied
Work with a tool that requires steady movements.
Dais
A raised platform.
Cathartic
Providing phycological relief through the open expression of emotions.
Barrage
A concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.
Swarth
An apparition of a person about to die.
Dissuade
Persuade someone not to do something.
Vapid
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
Intercede
Intervene on behalf of another.
Shorn
Describes something cut very short.
Fatigues
A loose uniform worn by soldiers.
Sapped
Gradually weaken a person’s strength or power.
Prattle
Talk at great length in a foolish way.
Atrophied
Having lost effectiveness due to neglect.
Insipidity
Extreme dullness.
Quagmire
An awkward situation.
Shirking
To avoid work if it is difficult.
Louse
Either of two small parasitic insects that live on the skin.
Conflate
Combine two or more ideas into one.