Plague Vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
Exigent
What is required in a particular situation
Banality
Lacking originality, freshness, or novelty
Efface
To eliminate or make Indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
Miscreant
One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain
Rubicund
Having a healthy color
Concierge
An employee who lives on the premises of the hotel and serves as a general properties caretaker
Abate
Make or become less active or intense
Portent
Something that foreshadows an upcoming event
Query
Question, inquiry
Fatalist
One that believes that events are fixed
Convalescents
To recover health and strength gradually after sickness or weakness
Finical
Having extreme or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
Pestilence
Contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating
Lucid
Clear, easy to understand
Austere
Stern and cold in appearance or manner
Deprecate
Lower in estimation or esteem
Draconian
Relating to,or characteristic of Draco or the sever of code of laws held to have been framed by him- overly harsh and dominating stander da
Obviate
To anticipate and prevent ( as a situation) or make unnecessary ( as an action )
Facetious
Joking or jesters get often inappropriately
Eschew
To avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds