Vocabulary Flashcards
(44 cards)
Semi circle recess and a building usually vaulted
Apse
Oppressively hot or moist or characterized by arousing passion (horny)
Sultriness
Cotton striped jacket
Seersucker
Officer in navy; lowest commissioned
Ensign
To urge
Exhorted
Peculiar
Idiosyncratic
Spies
Emissaries
Elation of mind or feeling
Exaltation
Something impressive or striking
Spectacle
Position requiring little or no work
sinecure
Small feisty quarrelsome person (Taylor)
Bantam
Projecting or pointing outwards; conspicuous or prominent
Salient
The act of killing ones brother
fratricide
And embarrassing mishap
Contretemps
Uttered with emphasis
emphatic
Mocking treatment of a solemn subject
Burlesque
To recognize
Discern
Uselessness
Futility
Hey stranger flows to a larger body of water
Tributaries
To cause any regular affect
Misbegotten
To make weak
Enfeeble
State of being hostile to another mutual hatred
Enmity
A religion that has many gods
Paganism
Radiance quality of being bright
Effulgence