Vocabulary Flashcards
(20 cards)
Shrubbery
an area in a garden planted with shrubs.
Sombre
dark or dull in colour or tone./ having or conveying a feeling of deep seriousness and sadness.
Penetrating
going through or into something, often deeply or effectively.
Chiding
full of rebuke; critical.
Cavillers
someone who raises annoying petty objections.
Adjoined
Be next to or joined with
Dreary
depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.
Shrined
means placed or kept in a special, sacred, or honored place.
Ceaseless
constant and unending
Lamentable
(of circumstances or conditions): very bad/ OR/ full of or expressing sorrow or grief.
Alpine
relating to high mountains. (adj.)
Torpid
feeling slow, lazy, or lacking energy mentally and physically
Aloof
not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant./ conspicuously uninvolved.(adj.)
Fervently
(of feeling) great enthusiasm
Diffidence
modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence.
Stout
(of a person) rather fat or of heavy build./ (of an object) strong and thick.
Dingy
gloomy and drab.
Bilious
bad-tempered./ OR/ affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting.
Antipathy
a deep-seated feeling of aversion.
aversion: a strong dislike or disinclination.
Morsel
a small piece or amount.
