W9 Flashcards
(65 cards)
relentless
unceasingly intense
resentment
bitterness
reluctant
unwilling
slight (1 & 2)
small + insult / affront
withering
contemptuous
disdain
contempt / scorn
forthwith
right away / immediately
scathing
scornful / contemptuous
felicitious
apt / appropriate / well suited
pertain
appropriate
pertinent
relevent / felicitious
hobble (1 & 2)
walk in an awkward way typically due to an injury / crippled + tie or strap together to not allow movement / to prevent from doing something
illusory
based on illusion
understate (1 & 2)
describe someone (or something) as less important than that of actually he (or it) is + present in a subtle and effective way
understated
presented in a subtle and effective way
groan
deep sound of pain
absolve
The definition of absolve is to be forgiven for your sins or to be set free of all of the legal or moral consequences of your actions.
spurious
bullshit / fake / bogus
{puke}
germane
relevent
{german}
decry
denounce / condemn
{de-cry}
abrogate
repeal / renounce / revoke
{ae-bro-gate}
relinquish
renounce / give up / cede
{quish}
abdicate
renounce one’s thrown
{ab(de-) + dicate(dictate)}
coruscating (1 & 2)
extremely bright and shinning + severely critical / blistering / scathing
{~curse}