Vocab Set #2 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Adjective: Not able to be restored
Irredeemable
Synonyms: incurable
An air of stern, deep, and ________________ gloom
Irredeemable
Verb: To be in every part of; to spread through.
Pervaded
Synonyms: infuse
And ___________ all.
Pervaded
Adjective: Full of life and energy
Vivacious
Synonyms: lively
Usher arose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a ___________ warmth
Vivacious
noun
comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness
Solace
Synonyms: comfort
It was thus that he spoke of the object of my visit, of his earnest desire to see me, and of the ____________ he expected me to afford him.
Solace
Noun: a disorder of the body or mind
Malady
Synonyms: illness
He entered into what he conceived to be the nature of his __________.
Malady
characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.
morbid
gruesome, sick, gloomy
morbid
the quality of being very good, accurate, and showing an ability to notice very small differences
acuteness
sharpness, keenness, acuity
I feel that she is lacking in her usual acuteness.
acuteness
lacking flavor
insipid
bland, flat, vapid
a thin insipid soup was placed before us
insipid
deserving strong condemnation.
deploreable
strange or odd, unusal
peculiar
strange, unusual, weird
hes very peculiar
peculiar
awful, miserable, terrible
the building was in a deploreable state
deploreable
