Week 7&8 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Tremulously
(adv) fearfully; timidly
Reverential
(adj) caused by a feeling of deep respect and love
Epitaph
(n) inscription on a tomb stone or grave marker
Degenerate
(n) morally corrupt
Repose
(n) state of being at rest
Salient
(adj) standing out from the rest
Myriad
(adj) countless
Guile
(n) craftiness
Stark
(adj) stiff or rigid as a corpse; severe
Tempest
(n) violent storm
Malingered
(v) pretends to be ill
Commiseration
(n) sympathy
Contrition
(n) remorse for having done wrong
Antagonism
(n) hostility
Retrospective
(n) looking back on or directed to the past
Manuscript
(n) document submitted to a publisher
Digress
(v) depart temporarily from the main subject
Elusive
(adj) hard to grasp
Revelation
(n) an enlightening or astonishing disclosure
Repression
(n) restraint