Reading...
Play button
Play button
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;
36 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Repudiate
|
refuse to accept or be associated with; reject; deny
|
|
|
Haphazard
|
lacking any principle of organization; random; unplanned
|
|
|
Retribution
|
punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved; revenge; an eye for an eye (punishment)
|
|
|
Scurrilous
|
making or spreading scandalous rumors with the intent to damage ones reputation; slanderous
|
|
|
Indiscretion
|
behavior or speech that displays a lack of good judgement; rash; reckless; impulsive
|
|
|
Imprudent
|
not showing care for any consequences; irresponsible; unwise
|
|
|
Supplication
|
ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly
|
|
|
Parricide
|
killing of a parent or near relative
|
|
|
Prudent
|
acting with or showing care or thought for the future; wise; sensible
|
|
|
Defilement
|
spoil; mar; impair
|
|
|
Affliction
|
something that causes pain or suffering; hardship; misfortune
|
|
|
Incarnate
|
embodied in flesh
|
|
|
Plummet
|
fall or drop straight down at high speed; plunge
|
|
|
Misanthrope
|
a person who disliked humankind and avoids human society; hermit; outcast
|
|
|
Heretical
|
a person believing in or practicing a religious heresy (heretic - someone holding an opinion contrary to popular belief; defying what is generally accepted)
|
|
|
Canonical
|
sacred texts
|
|
|
Neologistic
|
new word, expression, or usage
|
|
|
Satirically
|
containing or using satire (use of humor, vices, or exaggeration, to poke fun at someone or something)
|
|
|
Semi-recumbent
|
half lying down position
|
|
|
Languidly
|
displaying or having a disinclination for physical effort; slow or lazy
|
|
|
Felicity
|
intense happiness; bliss
|
|
|
Apoplexy
|
unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from cerebral hemorrhaging or stroke
|
|
|
Debonair
|
(of a man) confident, stylish, and charming; suave
|
|
|
Utilitarian
|
designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive
|
|
|
Vacillating
|
alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; indecisive; hesitate
|
|
|
Mercenary
|
(of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics; money oriented
|
|
|
Primal
|
essential; fundamental
|
|
|
Revelation
|
a surprising and previously unknown fact especially one that is made known in a dramatic way
|
|
|
Clairvoyant
|
a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact
|
|
|
Anarchy
|
a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority
|
|
|
Regicide
|
killing of a king
|
|
|
Engendered
|
cause or give rise to; bring about; provoke
|
|
|
Folly
|
lack of good sense; foolishness
|
|
|
Contrive
|
create of bring about (an object or situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice; orchestrate
|
|
|
Incubus
|
a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
|
|
|
Intercede
|
intervene on behalf of another; mediate
|
