Friday, November 7, 2014

Vocabulary: Fall List 8


Ruinous-Disastrous or Destructive
Quavered-Shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion
Certitude-Absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case
Notch-An indentation or incision of an edge or surface
Perspired-Give out sweat through your pores of the skin as the result of heat, physical exertion, or    stress
Manifested-Display or show by one's acts or appearance
Latrine-A toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks
Uttered-Make (a sound) with one's voice
Parried-Ward off (a weapon or attack), especially with a countermove
Oracle-A priest or priestess acing as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from  the gods in classical antiquity
Conscious-Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake
Feigning-Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, injury)
Leisurely-Acting or done at leisure; Unhurried or relaxed
Conjure-Make (something) appear out of no where as if by magic
Anesthetized-Administer an anesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to include a loss of  consciousness
Tyranny-Cruel or oppressive government or rule
Folly-Lack of good sense or foolishness
Dreary-Dull, bleak, or lifeless; Depressing
Grotesque-Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted
Reckoning-The action or process of calculating or estimating something

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