3-1-09 Engilsh Words
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jackmoldave on March 2, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Brandish | to wave or shake in a threatening manner; to shake or flourish about. |
| plight | a difficult condition or situation |
| chalice | a cup or goblet |
| corporal | of or having to do with the body |
| peerless | without equal; mathless |
| prate | to talk idly and at length; to chatter |
| prophetic | giving advance notice or warning of what is to happen; foretelling |
| surmise | to guess; to conjecture; to infer |
| harbinger | one that goes ahead to announce another's coming; a forerunner |
| rapt | lots in delight; spellbound; deeply engrossed |
| missive | a written message; a letter (used ironically today) |
| beguile | to entertain, amuse, or charm |
| purveyor | supplier |
| augment | to enlarge or make greater, to increase, to grow, to swell |
| palpable | readily seen or heard and recognized; obvious; that can be touched orr felt |
| infirm | physically weak; sickly |
| equivocate | to use vague expressions in order to mislead; to lie; to prevaricate |
| clamor | a loud noise; confused shoting or uproar; to make a loud noise, to raise an outcry; demand noislily |
| sacrilegious | insult9ing to sacred persons or things; impeious; irreverent |
| countenance | facial expression; the face; visage, v.t. to support or tolerate |
| scruple | a feeling of uneasiness, usually affecting the conscience, about what one is about to do; a feeling of restraint basedin a sense of morality |
| malice | spitefulness; a wish to hurt; rancor |
| consort | the spouse of a sovereign; a companion |
| dauntless | not frightened easily; daring; fearless |
| valor | courage in battle |
| eminence | high standing; greatness; fame; a person of high rank;p a high point of land |
| cloistered | shut away in a quite place; secluded |
| blanch | to run pale; to whiten |
| malevolence | the wish that evil will happen to others; ill will |
| homage | respect, reverence, honor |
| conjuer | to call up a spirit; to call to mind a memory or vision |
| apparition | a ghost or phantom; the appearance of something strange |
| pernicious | harmful; injurious; deadly; wicked; villainous |
| judicious | wise, sensible, prudent |
| abjure | to vow to give up; to renounec, to refrain from or avoid |
| imtemperence | lack of moderation or self-control; excess |
| blaspheme | to speak about the gods or God with abuse or contempt; to speak irreverently, sacrilegiously, or impiously |
| desolate | barren; bleak, ravaged; deserted; forlorn; unhappy; wretched; dreary; dismal |
| discern | to see clearly; perceive; distinguish; recognize |
| perturbation | disturbance |
| epicure | a person who enjoys gourmet food and drink; a connoisseur; a person of fine taste in things |
| dire | causing great fear or suffering; dreadful; in a very bad state |
| murky | dark; gloomy; misty; hazy; hard to understand; unclear |
| recoil | to draw back; to shrink back; to spring back |
| sere | dry; dried up; withered |
| upbraid | to scold; to rebuke; to reprove |
| prowess | unusual skill or ability |
| redress | to set right; remedy; repair; a means of repair |
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