Vocabulary Unit 6 Flashcards
(20 cards)
What means distant, received in manner uninvolved?
Aloof
What means ashamed or embarrassed?
Abashed
What means excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain?
Anguished
What means uttered clearly indistinct syllables?
Articulate
What means to lie or be exposed to a pleasant warmth?
Bask
What means a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection?
Defect
What means extreme delicacy or subtlety in action?
Finesse
What means to parade or display oneself conspicuously?
Flaunt
What means going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken?
Forthright
What means pleasantly cheerful?
Genial
What means to infuse slowly?
Instill
What means to exclude?
Ostracize
What means feeling anxiety or anticipation?
Premonition
What means a fictious name?
Pseudonym
What means to rid of what ever is impure or undesirable?
Purge
What means to rejuvenate?
Rehabilitate
What means an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action?
Repercussion
What means firmly resolved or determined?
Resolute
What means tending or serving to retain something?
Retentive
What means a figure in which to blame?
Scapegoat