List Iv And V Flashcards

Front 1

Egregious (adj.)

Back 1

Extremely bad.

Hint 1

Egregious errors were caused by the tablet's failure to check spelling.

Front 2

Odious (adj.)

Back 2

Instilling hatred or intense displeasure.

Hint 2

He had to repay the odious debt to the Council.

Front 3

Prosaic (adj.)

Back 3

Plain lacking liveliness.

Hint 3

On his return to France, a sadder and practically a wiser man, he settled down to prosaic work.

Front 4

Vex (v.)

Back 4

To confuse or annoy.

Hint 4

But this sort of thing seems done on purpose to vex us.

Front 5

Capricious (adj.)

Back 5

Subject to whim fickle.

Hint 5

But Henry, despite a violent and capricious temper, had a strong taste for the work of a legislator and administrator.

Front 6

Assiduous (adj.)

Back 6

Hard-working, diligent.

Hint 6

The years 1865-1870 were occupied with assiduous labor.

Front 7

Feral (adj.)

Back 7

Wild, savage.

Hint 7

She turned to run, panic flying through her at the feral look he gave her.

Front 8

Decry (v.)

Back 8

To criticize openly.

Hint 8

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

Front 9

Burnish (v.)

Back 9

To polish, shine.

Hint 9

Yet in saying this, I do but indirectly burnish a little brighter the noble merit of the poem and the poet.

Front 10

Zephyr (n.)

Back 10

A gentle breeze.

Hint 10

Listen to every zephyr for some reproof, for it is surely there, and he is unfortunate who does not hear it.

Front 11

Cerebral (adj.)

Back 11

Of or relating to the brain.

Hint 11

The skull is abnormally thick and the cerebral capacity is small.

Front 12

Susceptible (adj.)

Back 12

Yielding readily to or capable of.

Hint 12

Children are much more susceptible than adults.

Front 13

Impediment (n.)

Back 13

Something immaterial that interferes with action or progress.

Hint 13

In the north these ranges are low and offer no great impediment to railroad building.

Front 14

Woe (n.)

Back 14

Misery, resulting from affliction.

Hint 14

Here's stout stuff for woe to work on.

Front 15

Whimper (n.)

Back 15

Cry weakly or softly.

Hint 15

Perhaps I was being unfair but everything we'd been able to do was close to ending with a sad whimper, due to the greed of this woman.

Front 16

Perseverance (n.)

Back 16

Persistent determination.

Hint 16

It took planning and perseverance to be successful.

Front 17

Persistent (adj.)

Back 17

Never- ceasing.

Hint 17

Dean was forced to quiet the persistent instrument before hesitant Janet could muster enough courage to voice her reply.

Front 18

Ambidextrous (n.)

Back 18

Equally skillful with each hand.

Hint 18

He was ambidextrous because he could use his left hand as well as his right hand.

Front 19

Minion (n.)

Back 19

Servile or fawning dependant.

Hint 19

Sarah felt unsure about running at first, however Jackson held strong to his conviction that death would be preferable to living as a minion for a madman.

Front 20

Decrepit (adj.)

Back 20

Worn and broken down by hard use.

Hint 20

She opened her eyes and looked around, not recognizing the decrepit factory.

Front 21

Half-breed (n.)

Back 21

Offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of caucasian and native american ancestry).

Hint 21

The only exception was in the case of the slowly-maturing Cheviot and mountain breeds, for which the second class was for wether sheep of any age above 12 months.

Front 22

Vow (n.) or (v.)

Back 22

Promise

Hint 22

Yet in spite of this your vow was binding.

Front 23

Pummel (v.)

Back 23

Strike, usually with the fist.

Hint 23

She began pummeling his chest with her fists.

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Stroll (v.)

Back 24

Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim.

Hint 24

Come on, let's go take a stroll down memory lane.

Front 25

Bureau (n.)

Back 25

An administrative unit of government.

Hint 25

Cynthia was standing at her bureau for a last minute comb of her hair.

Front 26

Impending (v.)

Back 26

To lose in time; about to occur.

Hint 26

The resolutions were devised to save the situation, in view of the impending loss of the temporalities.

Front 27

Rummage (v.)

Back 27

Search haphazardly.

Hint 27

Let him rummage around inside it and find all those treasures himself.

Front 28

Petrify (v.)

Back 28

To change into stone.

Hint 28

She looked petrified, as she should be!

Front 29

Articulate (adj.) or (v.)

Back 29

Characterized by clear expressive language.

Hint 29

Powell also thinks that man lived in America before he aquired articulate speech.

Front 30

Tautology (n.)

Back 30

A statement that is necessarily true.

Hint 30

It is now generally recognized that it is mere tautology to speak of zoology and comparative anatomy, and that museum naturalists must give attention as well to the inside as to the outside of animals.