english 10 vocab

unscrupulous (adj)

having no moral principles

garbed (v)

to dress in distinctive clothes

iamb (n)

describing a meter of poetry that use an unstressed/stressed syallble

umbrageous (adj)

affording shade (something that is shady)

sepulchral (adj)

a place of burial

degenerate (adj)

having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal

probated (v)

official proving of a will

obelisks (n)

stone pillar with a square or rectangular cross section and pyramidal top

demirep (n)

a women whose chastity is considered doubtful

repose (n)

a state of rest, sleep or tranquility

napery (n)

household linen

abysm (n)

literary or poetic term for abyss

indolent (adj)

avoiding exertion (lazy)

dowry (n)

property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their wedding day

counterpane (n)

a bedspread

beeves (n)

flesh of a cow, bull, or ox, used as food

aeolian (adj)

relating to or arising from the action of the wind

brothel (n)

house where men can visit prostitutes

dupe (n)

to sneak or cheat someone out

assailed (v)

make/have made a concerted or violent attack

pauper (n)

person with a lack of financial support

martial (adj)

of or appropriate to war; warlike

hopper (n)

countainer for bulk material like grain, rock, or trash

bellowing (v)

emitting a deep loud roar, normally in pain or anger

sundered (v)

separate by or as if violence or by intervening time and space

bedraggled (adj)

word to describe something dirty, soaked, or run down

aught

anything at all

advent (n)

arrival of a notable person, thing, or event

slanderous (adj)

false and malicious (of a spoken statement)

ascetic (adj)

characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline