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;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
|
Augur |
To foretell |
|
|
|
Contumely |
A scornful insult |
What [contumely] to your character! (Not the proper way to use it!) |
|
|
Exhort |
To urge strongly |
|
|
|
Ignominious |
Shameful |
|
|
|
Infamy |
Disgrace |
|
|
|
Intervolution |
A twisting or coiling |
Some slippery snake intervolutions |
|
|
Malefactress |
A female evildoer |
|
|
|
Mountebank |
A person who makes false claims; charlatan |
|
|
|
Phantasmagoric |
Like a rapidly changing set of pictures |
|
|
|
Physiognomy |
A face |
|
|
|
Pillory |
A device with holes for heads and hands, used to publicly humiliate wrongdoers |
|
|
|
Remonstrance |
Complaint; protest |
|
|
|
Requital |
Repayment |
|
|
|
Sable |
Black; dark |
|
|
|
Scourge |
To whip; or punish |
|
|
|
Sepulchre |
A grave; tomb |
|
|
|
Talisman |
A symbol that has magical powers |
|
|
|
Tremulous |
Trembling; quivering |
|
|
|
Wreak |
To give vent, as anger |
|
