| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ominous | presaging ill-fortune; adj |
| augury | reads omens to fortell the future; n |
| havoc | violent and needless disturbance; n/v |
| manioc | cassava; n |
| geld | cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); v |
| fado | a sad Portuguese folksong; n |
| saltpeter | used for explosives; n |
| conscription | military draft; n |
| cardsharps | a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games; n |
| penury | a state of extreme poverty or destitution; n |
| pommel | handle thing on the sadle of a horse; n |
| clamorous | offensively loud; adj |
| panopticon | an area where everything is visible; n |
| resolute | firm; adj |
| encephalic | pertaining to the brain;adj |
| houri | a voluptuously beautiful young woman; n |
| lucidity | clarity; n |
| pestilential | harmful; likely to cause an epidemic disease; adj |
| absinthe | green liqueur; n |
| florid | rosy colored; adj |
| retinue | the group following and attending to some important person; n |
| carousing | riotously drunken merrymaking; v |
| vigilance | state of being very watchful; n |
| arnica | an ointment used in treating bruises; n |
| pernicious | (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal. |
Combine with other sets
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace