Quiz #2 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Coquetry
N. Flirtatiousness
Brute
N. An animal, a bully
Discomfiture
N. Embarrassed awkwardness
Fodder
Adj. Animal feed
Fractious
Adj. Troublesome; irritating
Irked
Adj. Irritated
Indifference
N. Showing no preference
Loins
N. The area below the waist; often genitals
Merciless
Adj. Showing no mercy
Promontories
N. Areas of land that stick out from the mainland to the sea
Prostrating
V. Lying flat usually with face downward
Reconciled
V. Made amends; apologized
Alliances
N. Unions to promote common interests
Confidants
N. Friends, people that can counted on for companionship
Counterpane
N. A bedspread
Menial
Adj. Degrading, small, unimportant
Ostentatiously
Adj. Pretentiously or excessively displayed
Cur
N. Mixed breed, ill- natured dog, a contemptuous person
Insinuations
N. Plodding or sinister remarks
Refracted
V. Deflected from a straight path
Resurrection
N. Revival or rebirth
Ursurper
N. Someone or something that seizes by force
Scimitars
N. Curved words
Swaggered
V. Strutted, walked insolently