Vocabulary For English Final

Front 1

Poignant

Back 1

1. keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
2. keen or strong in mental appeal: a subject of poignant interest.

Front 2

Tacit

Back 2

1. understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
2. silent; saying nothing: a tacit partner.
3. unvoiced or unspoken: a tacit prayer.

Front 3

Perambulations

Back 3

1. to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
2. to traverse in order to examine or inspect.

Front 4

Palpitant

Back 4

an unusually or abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart.

Front 5

Langour

Back 5

1. lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness.
2. lack of spirit or interest; listlessness; stagnation.
3. physical weakness or faintness.

Front 6

alacrity

Back 6

–noun
1. cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
2. liveliness; briskness.

Front 7

Mettle

Back 7

noun
1. courage and fortitude: a man of mettle.
2. disposition or temperament: a man of fine mettle.

Front 8

Desultory

Back 8

adjective
1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.

Front 9

sardonic

Back 9

characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.

Front 10

Consternation

Back 10

–noun
a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.