wixhelman note cards

Pernicious

Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly.

Augment

Definition: To increase in size, amount, degree, or severity.

Propagate

To cause to extend to a broader area or larger number; spread

Assail

To attack violently with blows or words.

Inexorable

Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless.

Portentous

Ominous; of or relating to foreshadowing.

Conjure

To summon by invocation

Consort

Associate; group of singers.

Entreat

To plead with; beg.

Impute

To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to.

Repose

To be at rest

Procure

To get possession of; obtain.

Intercession

The act of intervening between two opposing parties.

Rancor

Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will.

Enmity

Hatred

Effeminate

Having feminine qualities untypical of a male.

Adversity

Hardship; difficulty; misfortune.

Sojourn

A journey or trip.

Abhor

To loathe; to regard with extreme repugnance.

Inundation

Overflow; to cover with water, especially floodwaters.

Foreboding

Predicting harm and evil.

Arbitration

A decision or determination.

Prostrate

Prone; lying flat; overcome.

Solace

Comfort

Beguile

To lead by deception; trick.

Aside

Line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.

Soliloquy

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

Motif

A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work.