Week 36 Flashcards
"Orientation" and "Speaking of Courage" (16 cards)
adjective ; harmless, gentle ; …his forays into the forbidden territory of the women’s room simply a ~~~ thrill… ; The doctor said the lump was ~~~ and nothing to fear.
benign
adjective ; boring and repetitive ; For Amanda Pierce, it is just a ~~~ bus ride made less tedious by the idle nattering of Russell Nash. ; Copying pages all day is ~~~ work.
tedious
adjective ; sharing the same center ; …sheet after sheet of precisely drawn ~~~ circles and ellipses… ; They drew ~~~ rings in the sand.
concentric
verb ; set up a temporary camp ; …the night they ~~~ in a field along the Song Tra Bong. ; The hikers ~~~ near the river for the night.
bivouac
adjective ; glowing softly in the dark; emitting light without much heat; …the wristwatch gave off a green ~~~ shine as it slipped beneath the thick waters. ; The ~~~ algae lit up the waves.
phosphorescent
noun ; bridge carrying a road or railroad over a valley ; The Chevy rolled smoothly across a ~~~ and up the narrow tar road. ; The train crossed the ~~~ high above the river.
viaduct
adj ; ridiculous, not reasonable; so unreasonable as to invite derision ; …everything has a weird, ~~~, sinister bent. ; Calling that tiny dog a “wolf” is ~~~.
absurd
adj ; shocking and vivid; glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism ; …serial killers…serve as a ~~~, frenzied backdrop… ; The paper printed a ~~~ headline about the crime.
lurid
benign
adjective ; harmless, gentle ; …his forays into the forbidden territory of the women’s room simply a ~~~ thrill… ; The doctor said the lump was ~~~ and nothing to fear.
tedious
adjective ; boring and repetitive ; For Amanda Pierce, it is just a ~~~ bus ride made less tedious by the idle nattering of Russell Nash. ; Copying pages all day is ~~~ work.
concentric
adjective ; sharing the same center ; …sheet after sheet of precisely drawn ~~~ circles and ellipses… ; They drew ~~~ rings in the sand.
bivouac
verb ; set up a temporary camp ; …the night they ~~~ in a field along the Song Tra Bong. ; The hikers ~~~ near the river for the night.
phosphorescent
adjective ; glowing softly in the dark; emitting light without much heat; …the wristwatch gave off a green ~~~ shine as it slipped beneath the thick waters. ; The ~~~ algae lit up the waves.
viaduct
noun ; bridge carrying a road or railroad over a valley ; The Chevy rolled smoothly across a ~~~ and up the narrow tar road. ; The train crossed the ~~~ high above the river.
absurd
adj ; ridiculous, not reasonable; so unreasonable as to invite derision ; …everything has a weird, ~~~, sinister bent. ; Calling that tiny dog a “wolf” is ~~~.
lurid
adj ; shocking and vivid; glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism ; …serial killers…serve as a ~~~, frenzied backdrop… ; The paper printed a ~~~ headline about the crime.
