Flashcards: English Final '10
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berniebrug1 on June 3, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 choler | anger, irritability |
| pernicious | causing great harm |
| covert | a covered place or shelter, a hiding place |
| augmenting | to make greater, as in size, extent or quantity |
| transgression | a violation of a law, command, or duty |
| propagate | to cause to extend to a boarder area, to spread |
| gall | bitterness of feeling, rancor |
| chastity | virginity |
| marred | having the surface injured or disfigured; blemished by rough wear or injury |
| heretics | a person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officialy accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church |
| prolixity | the state of being tediously prolonged, wordy |
| wits | senses |
| alderman | a member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city |
| begot | to cause to exist, produce |
| inconstant | changing or varying, especially often and without reason |
| rapier | a double-edged sword |
| wherefore | for what purpose or reason, why |
| portly | comfortably stout, corpulent |
| disparagement | communication that belittles somebody or something |
| prodigious | impressively great in size, force, or extent |
| ostracized | to banish from society |
| rile | to stir anger |
| monotonous | sounded or spoken in an unvarying tone, tediously repetitious or lacking in variety |
| halitosis | the condition of a having stale or foul-smelling breath |
| unscrupulous | oblivious of what is right or honorable |
| pacifist | someone opposed to war or violence as a means of resolving disputes |
| lavish | immoderate in giving or bestowing, characterized by extravagance |
| conscientious | thorough and assiduous, principled |
| unanimous | being in complete harmony or accord, complet assent or agreement |
| incognito | with one's identity disguised or concealed |
| suave | smoothly agreeable and courteous |
| putrid | decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten |
| nonchalent | seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent |
| spendthrift | one who spends money recklessly or wastefully |
| blase | uninterested becuase of frequent exposure or indulgence; very sophisticated; unconcerned |
| sacrilegious | grossly irreverent toward what is or what is held to be sacred |
| boisterous | loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline |
| economizing | to practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures |
| digressions | to turn aside, especially from the subject in writing or speak; stray |
| provocative | tending to provoke or stimulate |