The Pearl All Chptrs Flashcards
(24 cards)
Benign
Good Natured; Harmless
Legerdemain
Trickery; tricks with the hand
Edifice
Imposing structure
Leprosy
A disfiguring disease
Waning
Shrinking the to a new moon
Covert
A hiding place
Goading
Urging
Monolithic
Formed from a single block
Escarpment
A long cliff
Intercession
A prayer said on behalf of another person
Petulant
Irritable; ill tempered
Malignant
Harmful; likely to spread
Covey
A group or small flock of birds
Indigent
Poor or needy person
Perceptible
Detectable; able to be perceived
Illusion
Something with a deceptive appearance
Bulwark
Protection; Defense
Precipitated
Formed abruptly; to happen quickly
Prophecy
A divine prediction
Lucent
Shining
Disparagement
Somethi that casts a bad light; to speak I’m a disrespectful way
Dissembling
Concealing true feelings with a false appearance
Lateen
Having a sail; pertaining to a sail
Subjugation
Act of forcing into submission; to defeat