Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
26 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
stoicism
|
repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.
|
|
inalienable
|
not transferable to another or capable of being taken away
|
|
silhouetted
|
the outline or general shape of something
|
|
primly
|
formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
|
|
authoritatively
|
having an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority;the power to make decisions
|
|
forage
|
the act of searching for provisions of any kind.
|
|
cadence
|
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words
|
|
pique
|
to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride:
|
|
ministrations
|
the act of applying care, aid
|
|
contrive
|
to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent:
|
|
baleful
|
full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
|
|
admonitory
|
1.to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
2. scolding |
|
aghast
|
struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror:
|
|
snippet
|
a small bit, scrap, or fragment
|
|
insatiable
|
never satisfied
|
|
roused
|
to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity
|
|
immobile
|
1.
incapable of moving or being moved. 2. not moving; motionless. |
|
daintily
|
of delicate discrimination or taste; particular; fastidious
|
|
tuber
|
a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato
|
|
primly
|
formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
|
|
exasperated
|
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely
|
|
tidbit
|
a delicate bit or morsel of food.
|
|
officiousness
|
objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted help, or advice; meddlesome
|
|
unsheathed
|
to draw from a sheath, as a sword, knife, or the like
|
|
gratified
|
to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings
|
|
perversely
|
willfully determined to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
|