vocab

Cards (42)

  • diminishing = decreasing
  • accentuates = more noticeable and prominent
  • abhorrent = bad
  • indignant = angry , annoyed
  • Macabre = disturbing, gruesome , morbid
  • Analogy = metaphor which seeks to explain or suggest a point
  • Ambiguous = can be understood in more than one way
  • Imperative verbs = bossy verbs tell someone what to do.
  • Sibilance= stressed "s" sound
  • Reconciliation = restoring a relationship
  • Jubilance = happy, joyful
  • evocation = employing, use
  • domineering = bossy, excessive control over somebody
  • Machiavellian = cunning , scheming
  • epitome = a perfect example of a particular thing/ type
  • consequently = as a result, therefore , hence
  • Exasperated : fed up
  • paradoxical = strange
  • pulchritudinous: beautiful
  • pugnacious: aggressive
  • scintillating: sparkling
  • sublime: magnificent
  • turbulent: violent, stormy
  • vacuous: empty-headed
  • wistful: sad, longing
  • subsequent to: following on from
  • apathetic: indifferent
  • insatiable: (adj) having or showing an unlimited desire or appetite for something
  • eroding: slow destruction
  • decimating: destroy
  • chremamorphism :  personification where the traits of an inanimate object are given to a human or animal subject.
  • spurn : reject with disstain
  • dilapidation : state of decay
  • detest : hate
  • despise : hate
  • opulent : luxurious
  • myriad: a large number
  • anodyne : boring and dull
  • conundrum : difficult problem to solve
  • exacerbate : make worse