Flashcards: M. Boland List1
All 80 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 receding | v. used as adj.: becoming distant |
| disarming | adj.: removing or lessening suspicions or fears |
| prolonged | v. used as adj.: extended |
| imprudent | adj.: unwise |
| surmounted | v.: overcame |
| unruffled | adj.: calm, not disturbed |
| invariably | adv.: always without changing |
| diverting | adj.: entertaining |
| impulse | n.:sudden desire to do something |
| protruding | V, used as adj.: sticking out |
| desolating | v. used as adj.: producing a feeling of loneliness and sadness |
| astronomers | n.: scientists who study the stars and planets |
| stellar | adj.: of or like a star |
| luminous | adj.: shining |
| misanthropic | adj.: disliking other human beings |
| terrestrial | adj.: earthly, of this world |
| default | n.: failure to do something |
| labyrinthine | adj.: like a maze; complicated |
| inaugurating | v.: formally beginning |
| exhilarates | v.: gladdens; excites |
| dilapidated | adj.: shabby; falling apart |
| paraphernalia | n.: equipment; gear |
| sacrilegious | adj.: disrespectful towards religion |
| carnage | n.: widespread killing |
| prosaic | adj.; ordinary |
| disposition | n.: usual frame of mind; temperament |
| suffuse | v.: spread over or through. |
| noncommittal | adj.: not admitting or committing to any particular purpose or point of view |
| arid | adj.: lacking enough water for many types of plants to grow ; dry |
| futile | adj.: useless, vain. |
| impoverished | v. used as adj. poor; poverty- stricken. |
| poignantly | adv.: with a sharp sadness or pain; movingly |
| clarity | n.: clearness |
| placidly | adv.: calmly; quietly |
| inciting | v. used as n .: stirring up |
| malicious | adj.: showing a desire to harm another; spiteful. |
| contrition | n.: deep feelings of guilt and repentance |
| incessantly | adv.: constantly; continually |
| disconsolate | adj.; causing |
| vexation | n.:disturbance; distress |
| pauper | n.: very poor person |
| adulation | n.: intense or excessive admiration or praise |
| aghast | adj.; terrified; horrified. |
| privations | n.; hardships |
| exorbitant | adj.; much too high in price or amount |
| precluded | v,: made impossible in advance, prevented |
| impunity | n.: freedom from punishment or harm |
| retribution | n.: punishment |
| immolation | n.: destruction |
| connoisseurship | n.; expert knowledge |
| impose | v. take advantage of |
| recoiling | v.used as adj. moving backward as in fear |
| endeavored | v.; tried |
| obstinate | ad.; stubborn |
| succession | n.; series |
| insensible | adj.; not fully |
| imposing | adj.; not fully conscious or aware. |
| imposing | adj.; large and impressive looking |
| stupor | n.; dull, half-conscious state |
| spectral | adj.; ghostly; unreal. |
| expired | v.; died |
| maligned | v. used as adj.; falsely accused of bad conduct, slandered |
| belligerent | adj.; angry and aggressive or ready to start a fight |
| conspicuous | adj.; obvious; noticeable, notable |
| ascribe | v.; assign or attribute something to a cause |
| chronic | adj.; frequently occurring |
| transmitted | v.; passed on. |
| beleaguered | v.; used as adj .; surrounded and under attack |
| ascetic | adj.; severe; also self-disciplined |
| fanatic | n.; person whose extreme devotion to a cause is excessive or unreasonable |
| ruse | n.; trick |
| sihouetted | v. used as adj.; outlined |
| remorse | n.; deep guilt. |
| averted | v. used as adj.; turned away |
| obstruction | n.; obstacle' barrier |
| constitutes | v. makes up, forms |
| mainstay | n.; principal support |
| refuge | n.; shelter; protection from danger or difficulty |
| elect | v.; choose |
| hyperactive | adj. abnormally active |
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