vocab #6 flashcards

match the definition to word

20 cards·by puilim334@ausdg.us

cause to feel shame

abase

refuse to comply

balk

loud confusing disagreeable sounds

cacophony

discouraging through fear

daunting

joyously unrestrained

ebullient

put together out of artificial or natural components

fabricate

tastelessly showy

garish

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

hackneyed

someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions

iconoclast

full of high-spirited delight

jubilant

the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death

knell

the act of tearing irregularly

laceration

a powerful circular current of water

maelstrom

the lowest point of anything

nadir

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

obdurate

disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature

pacific

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

quagmire

uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

ambivalent

overly sweet

saccharine

implied by or inferred from actions or statements

tacit