vOCAB Flashcards
(24 cards)
Commeuppance
deserved punishment or fate
inaudible
unable to be heard
dismissed
order or allow to leave ;send away
transport
take or carry(people or goods)from one place to another
unsubscribe
cancel a subscription to an electronic mailing list or an online service
predict
say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be consequences for something
remit
send money as a payment or as a gift’ release or forgive
climax
turning point right before the most intense part of a story
unreliable narrator
when a story’s narrator cannot be trusted they can be unreliable for purposeful dishonesty, mental illness or self deception
curiosity
a strong desire to know or to learn something or a strange or unusual object or fact
sustenance
food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment
confuddled
in a state of extreme confusion typically when unable to solve a frustrating problem
fortifications
a defensive wall or or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack
insolent/insolence
showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
melancholy
a feeling of intense sadness
beseech
ask someone urgently/feverently to do something
encounter
unexpectedly experience or be forced with(something different or hostile)
ominous
giving the impression that something is bad or unpleasant is going to happen
foreboding
implying that somehthing bad is going to happen
malice
the intention or desire to do evil;bad will
sinister
giving the impression that something evil is going to happen
offer
present something for someone to accept or reject as so desired
empathy
the ability to understand the feelings of another
idiom
a common phrase with a meaning that cannot be understood by looking at its word
