Vocab 14 Flashcards
Noun : complete honesty
E.g. Her …… and integrity are beyond question.
Probity
Noun : the condition of being unable to think clearly, usually because someone is extremely tired or bored, or has taken drugs
Because of the drugs, he was in a state of ………. by the time we found him.
Stupefaction
Verb : to control and limit something
The country’s progress was …….. by a leader who refused to look forward.
Constrained
Noun : an area where a network of nerves, blood, or lymph vessels comes together.
the solar ……..
Plexus
Noun: an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really exist
literary
a hope or wish that has no chance of being achieved
E.g. Electoral victory is just a distant …..
Mirage
Adjective: decayed and having an unpleasant smell:
the…….. body of a dead fox
What’s that ……. smell?
Putrid
Noun: the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period
Fossil
