Vocab 1 Flashcards
Voracity
Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit– particularly eating; greedy
Derive
To receive, trace or obtain from a source or origin; to to obtain by reasoning
Palatial
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a palace; befitting or suitable for a palace; stately; magnificent
Indignation
Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger
Ostracize
To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc…
Feeble
Physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail, weak intellectually or morally
Immaterial
Of no essential consequence; unimportant; not pertinent; irrelevant
Gamut
The entire scale or range
Protrude
To thrust forward, project; to extend beyond or above a surface
Convalescent
Recovering from an illness or operation
Patronize
To treat with an apparent kindness or fake that betrays a feeling of superiority ; to behave in an offensively condescending manner
Decorum
Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety; etiquette
Stifle
To suppress, curb, or withhold; to smother, crush, or end by force
Insubordinate
Defiance of authority
Pallid
Pale, fain of defiance in color lacking in vitality or interest