first vocab test
About this set
Created by:
lahirsch on July 5, 2011
Subjects:
http://www.vocabtest.com/definitions.php?level=d&unit=1ocabulary
Log in to favorite or report as inappropriate.
Order by
20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 immolate | offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction, to kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire |
| discriminate | recognize or perceive the difference |
| debauch | corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol) |
| garret | room just under the roof of a house; attic |
| solicitude | care or concern for someone or something |
| barbaric | uncivilized; wild; crude |
| attraction | a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts |
| disconsolate | (adj.) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation |
| derisive | ridiculing, mocking |
| muffle | deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping |
| inscrutable | incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically |
| contretemps | an embarrassing incident |
| repercussion | (n.) an effect or consequence of some action or event, result; an echo or reverberation |
| craven | cowardly |
| impunity | freedom from being harmed or punished |
| anthracite | a hard natural coal that burns slowly and gives intense heat |
| parapet | a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony |
| transcendant | excelling; surpassing; going beyond |
| infamous | having a very bad reputation; notorious |
| vivacity | liveliness; animation; sprightliness |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.