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;
71 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Aborigin
|
original inhabitant
|
|
|
altercation
|
to quarrel
|
|
|
ambrosial
|
divine; fragrant
|
|
|
ambulatory
|
able to walk or move
|
|
|
amphibious
|
able to function on land or water
|
|
|
androgynous
|
unisex
|
|
|
aperture
|
a opening
|
|
|
apparition
|
unusual sight
|
|
|
apex
|
highest point
|
|
|
appendage
|
something attached to a larger item
|
|
|
arcane
|
secret
|
|
|
archetype
|
original pattern
|
|
|
ballyhoo
|
a noisy attention-getting demonstration
|
|
|
amalgam
|
a mixture of different elements
|
|
|
bedlam
|
uproar
|
|
|
bellicose
|
warlike
|
|
|
billet-doux
|
a love letter
|
|
|
bizarre
|
eccentric
|
|
|
bombast
|
pretentious
|
|
|
bona fide
|
made in good faith
|
|
|
boudoir
|
a woman's dressing room
|
|
|
brouhaha
|
hubbub
|
|
|
buffoon
|
clown
|
|
|
buttress
|
to support
|
|
|
cacophonous
|
harsh sounding
|
|
|
cadence
|
rhythm
|
|
|
cameo
|
raised image on a precious stone; small role
|
|
|
carcinogen
|
a substance that causes cancer
|
|
|
caucus
|
closed meeting of a political party
|
|
|
carnivore
|
flesh-eating animal
|
|
|
celestial
|
heavenly
|
|
|
circumvent
|
to avoid by going around
|
|
|
citadel
|
fortress
|
|
|
cogitate
|
to ponder or think intently
|
|
|
comatose
|
unconscious
|
|
|
conflagration
|
a large, destructive fire
|
|
|
contretemps
|
an embarrassing incident
|
|
|
conveyance
|
a means of transportation
|
|
|
corona
|
halo of light around the sun or moon
|
|
|
cryptic
|
secret; mysterious
|
|
|
cuisine
|
food; style of cooking
|
|
|
debonair
|
suave, charming; lighthearted
|
|
|
decanter
|
vessel used to receive liquid poured from another
|
|
|
deciduous
|
shedding at a certain stage
|
|
|
demagogue
|
a leader that promises things to people to gain power
|
|
|
dexterous
|
skillful; adroit
|
|
|
disheveled
|
untidy
|
|
|
distaff
|
pertaining to females; a stick that holds wool or flax for spinning
|
|
|
doggerel
|
loose, irregular verse; inferior poetry
|
|
|
dormant
|
sleeping; inactive
|
|
|
dulcet
|
sweet; melodic; soothing
|
|
|
echelon
|
one in a series of levels of command
|
|
|
effervescent
|
bubbly; lively
|
|
|
egregious
|
flagrant; out of the ordinary
|
|
|
emaciated
|
painfully thin; wasted
|
|
|
embellish
|
to make beautiful with ornamentation; to decorate
|
|
|
equestrian
|
relating to horseback riding
|
|
|
equilibrium
|
a state of balance
|
|
|
escalate
|
to enlarge or increase
|
|
|
exodus
|
a mass departure
|
|
|
expletive
|
an exclamatory word or phrase; obscene or profane
|
|
|
expunge
|
to strike out; erase
|
|
|
fecund
|
fruitful; productive
|
|
|
festoon
|
decorative chain or strip hung in a curve between two points
|
|
|
fiasco
|
failure
|
|
|
flamboyant
|
orante
|
|
|
flotilla
|
fleet of small ships
|
|
|
formidable
|
frightening; dreadful
|
|
|
gargoyle
|
a rain spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure
|
|
|
gauntlet
|
a thick, heavy glove; glove from a suit of armor
|
|
|
germinate
|
to begin to grow; spout
|
