Flashcard English vocab test 1 | Quizlet

keenly

eager

scrutinise

examine carefully

transient

lasting for a short time

infusoria

single celled organisms

terrestrial

earthly

disillusionment

disappointment when you thought something was going to be better than it actually was

vain

a person that has a very having a high opinion of themselves

attenuated

thin

inundate

overwhelm

subtlety

delicately

unanimity

agreement

fluctuate

vary

peculiar

strange

opposition

resistance

palipitate

beat rapidly

incandescent

white hot

immensity

extremely large size

profound

intense

chronometer

instrument to measure time

siphon

tube that pushes water up and into something else

heath

moor

clinker

stony residue from burned coa

irresolute

indecisive