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;
79 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Inanimate
|
unliving or unmoving
|
|
|
unavoidable
|
can't be avoided
|
|
|
bane
|
something that causes harm
|
|
|
hyperbole
|
exaggeration
|
|
|
bountiful
|
abundant
|
|
|
calamity
|
disaster
|
|
|
precede
|
to happen first
|
|
|
captive
|
prisoner
|
|
|
excavate
|
to dig out
|
|
|
charity
|
generosity
|
|
|
Acclaim
|
to praise publicly
|
|
|
clone
|
exact copy
|
|
|
tricolor
|
three colored
|
|
|
courageous
|
brave
|
|
|
misdemeanor
|
small crime
|
|
|
doleful
|
sorrowful
|
|
|
protagonist
|
leader
|
|
|
Decipher
|
Find out the true meaning of
|
|
|
chronicle
|
history
|
|
|
alacrity
|
cheerfulness
|
|
|
amicable
|
friendly
|
|
|
antipathy
|
dislike
|
|
|
aristocratic
|
noble
|
|
|
bland
|
tasteless; flavorless
|
|
|
cherub
|
little boy angel/Cupid
|
|
|
compatible
|
harmonious
|
|
|
connoisseur
|
expert
|
|
|
countenance
|
face
|
|
|
curb
|
to hold back
|
|
|
defame
|
to talk badly about
|
|
|
demeanor
|
attitude or manner
|
|
|
discern
|
to be able to tell the difference between
|
|
|
doleful
|
sorrowful
|
|
|
edify
|
to imrove
|
|
|
extricate
|
to free/help escape
|
|
|
fervor
|
passion
|
|
|
foment
|
to stir up
|
|
|
gratis
|
free
|
|
|
imminent
|
about to happen
|
|
|
juxtapose
|
to place next to
|
|
|
mania
|
insanity
|
|
|
mentor
|
teacher
|
|
|
motif
|
recurring theme
|
|
|
olfactory
|
related to smell
|
|
|
pastoral
|
rural
|
|
|
pragmatic
|
practical
|
|
|
profuse
|
extravagant or overflowing
|
|
|
subtle
|
not obvious
|
|
|
tenuous
|
unstable or shaky
|
|
|
verity
|
true-ness
|
|
|
amid
|
in the middle of
|
|
|
assuage
|
to soothe
|
|
|
aversion
|
strong dislike
|
|
|
beget
|
give birth to
|
|
|
compelling
|
forceful
|
|
|
concord
|
harmony
|
|
|
consecrate
|
to make sacred
|
|
|
convene
|
to assemble
|
|
|
curfew
|
time limit
|
|
|
deference
|
respect
|
|
|
destitute
|
very poor
|
|
|
disquiet
|
to make nervous
|
|
|
dolt
|
stupid person
|
|
|
efface
|
to erase
|
|
|
gratuitous
|
unnecessary
|
|
|
immutable
|
unchanging
|
|
|
impromptu
|
spontaneous
|
|
|
insubordinate
|
not respecting authority
|
|
|
nostalgia
|
longing for the past
|
|
|
pallor
|
pale-ness
|
|
|
patent
|
obvious
|
|
|
periphery
|
outside edge
|
|
|
plaintive
|
sad
|
|
|
prerequisite
|
necessity
|
|
|
progeny
|
child or descendent
|
|
|
rigorous
|
strict
|
|
|
sardonic
|
mocking
|
|
|
sordid
|
vile
|
|
|
volatile
|
quick to explode
|
