Semester Exam Vocabulary
Words saved through Quizmarklet
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- warrant
- to guarantee, to promise, to give one's word for
- heralds
- a messenger
- contempt
- n. hatred, scorn, lack of respect
- impudent
- adj. very rude, offensively bold
- insidious
- adj. treacherous, working or spreading harmfully
- famished
- adj. starving, very hungry
- tedious
- boring, tiresome, repetitious
- engender
- to cause, give rise to, bring into existence
- deceit
- dishonesty, treachery, betrayal
- base
- lacking higher values, inferior, dishonorable
- primal
- original, first, of chief importance
- bane
- a source of harm or ruin, woe, destruction
- pernicious
- evil, deadly, fatal
- brazen
- adj. shamlessly bold, unrestrained by convention
- titanic
- big, huge
- glowering
- scowling, looking at with anger
- maudlin
- adj. tearfully sentimental, drunk and emotional
- enchantress
- n. a bewitching woman
- disdain
- scorn, especially for someone inferior
- discord
- disagreement of opinions, harsh unpleasing sounds, conflict
- implacable
- adj. not easily satisfied, impossible to appease
- plummet
- to drop sharply and abruptly
- esteem
- respect, confidence
- slanderous
- containing a false statement, harming one's reputation
- posterity
- future genertions
- valor
- bravery, courage
- marred
- flawed, damaged, spoiled
- dirge
- a mournful song, a funeral song
- heretic
- one whose beliefs are contrary to popular beliefs
- grievance
- complaint, cause of distress
- aloof
- emotionally distant, indifferent, uninterested
- rankled
- irritated, annoyed
- mutinous
- adj. rebellious
- fray
- a fight
- augment
- to increase, to enlarge
- perilous
- dangerous, hazardous
- inauspicious
- unfavorable, unlucky, unfortunate
- inter
- to bury
- insolent
- adj. rude, disrespectful
- shroud
- a burial cloth
- entrails
- n. guts, intestines
- incredulity
- disbelief, difficulty to believe
- carrion
- n. rotting or decaying flesh
- infamy
- bad reputation,public disgrace, wickedness
- ambrosia
- n. food of the gods, anything that tastes heavenly
- adversary
- enemy, opponent
- inundation
- a flood, an overwhelming
- vice
- evil, immoral, or wicked habit
- chaste
- pure, modest, innocent
- dismal
- dreary, dark, and gloomy
- fortnight
- a period of two weeks
- thwarted
- blocked, prevented
- abate
- to lessen; to diminish
- execrable
- detestable, very bad, abominable
- chide
- to scold, to disapprove
- dissemble
- v. to disguise, put on a false appearance
- sepulcher
- a tomb, a grave
- eloquence
- flowing, graceful or expressive speech
- effeminate
- having feminine qualities
- purge
- cleanse, purify
- void
- empty, containing nothing, a vacuum
- rapier
- a long and light sword
- wench
- woman servant, a wanton woman
- prodigious
- adj. huge, vast, amazing
- calamity
- a disaster, a misfortune
- indifferent
- adj. not interested, showing no concern
- amorous
- loving, indicative of love
- incarnate
- personified, appearing as a recognizable example
- peril
- danger
- perjuries
- lies, lies under oath
- woo
- try to win over, seek to marry
- duplicity
- deceitfulness, dishonest behavior intended to decieve
- marauders
- raiders, plunderers
- culprit
- someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
- malice
- active ill will, a wish to hurt or harm
- ambiguities
- uncertainties, possibility of being understood in two or more ways
- profaner
- one who treats sacred things with disrespect; blasphemer
- pestilence
- any infectious disease that spreads rapidly
- fiend
- a devil, evil person or someone who likes one thing too much
- revelation
- a discovery, something made known
- venerate
- to respect, to look upon with reverence
- woes
- troubles, sorrows, or worries
- rancor
- bitter resentment, hatred, spite
- decrepit
- worn out from use or age
- rogues
- n. scoundrels, dishonest people
- regicide
- the killing of a king
- cordial
- adj., n. friendly, a sweet liqueur
- meager
- a small amount, scanty, thin
- transgression
- violation, sin, the breaking of a law
- peruse
- to read carefully, examine in detail
- browsing
- v. looking at casually
- expedient
- a thing useful to achieve an end, useful
- bemusing
- adj., v. confusing
- compunction
- remorse, regret
- vial
- small container, especially for medicine
- supplication
- a humble prayer,appeal, request to a deity
- anguish
- sorrow, pain, torment
- anarchy
- lawlessness, absence of government
- remote
- adj. distant, removed, inaccessible
- drudge
- slave, an overworked servant
- shun
- to avoid, to keep away from
- clairvoyant
- having the power to see or know things that are out of sight
- bellowed
- v. to yell loudly, roar
- apprehend
- to seize, to take into custody. to arrest
- levity
- lacking seriousness, frivolity, humor
- disparage
- to belittle, to put down, to discredit
- lithe
- adj. bending easily, flexible
- enmity
- hatred, hostility
- tremulous
- adj. trembling, shaking
- defile
- to make unpure or unclean, to corrupt the purity of
- formidable
- adj. inspiring fear or dread, difficult, challenging
- din
- a continuing loud noise
- prudent
- wise, shrewd, sensible
- reconcile
- to reunite, to make friends again
- plunder
- v. to rob, loot, take goods by force
- hovered
- v. to hang above or near
- virtuous
- righteous, having good values
- conjure
- to summon, cause to appear as if by magic
- whim
- sudden notion or idea
- mammoth
- adj. huge, enormous
- chaos
- total confusion, disorder, havoc
- foe
- enemy, adversary
- bereft
- deprived of, lacking
- appalled
- adj., v. shocked, horrified