Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
acolyte |
a devoted follower or atendent of an important person |
|
|
scrimmage |
a rough or rigorous struggle |
|
|
inclement |
stormy,rough;unmerciful |
|
|
striated |
marked with stripes |
|
|
resuscitate |
to revive from apparent death or unconciousness |
|
|
ramble |
verb (used without object), rambled, rambling. 1. to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time. 2. to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path. 3. to grow in a random, unsystematic fashion: The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks. 4. to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way (usually followed by on): The speaker rambled on with anecdote after anecdote. verb (used with object), rambled, rambling. 5. to walk aimlessly or idly over or through: They spent the spring afternoon rambling woodland paths. noun 6. a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure. |
|
|
lupine |
plant |
|
|
rabble |
mob,crowd |
|
|
racket |
noisy confusion |
|
|
racy |
full of zest or vigour |
|
|
rake |
dissolute person,libertine |
|
|
ransack |
plunder,pillage |
|
|
rant |
use extravagant language |
|
|
rapport |
sympathetic relationship,harmony |
|
|
rarefy |
to purify |
|
|
rave |
act with excessive enthusiasm |
|
|
rebuff |
snub |
|
|
ratify |
to approve an sanction formally |
|
|
regale |
to delight or entertain |
|
|
rejoinder |
answer |
|
|
repast |
meal |
|
|
reproach |
scold,upbraid |
|
|
rift |
split,crack |
|
|
ruffian |
violent,cruel man |
