English Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary flashcards from lecture notes on literary terms and definitions.

Smith

Metalworker

Cunningly

Slyly, craftily

In vain

To no avail; for nothing

Filigree

Lace-like ornamental work with gold

Bountiful

Abundant, plentiful

Hideous

Horrible, ugly

Impenetrable

Cannot be penetrated or pierced

Loom

A frame for weaving cloth

Hearth

Fireplace

Frothing

Foaming

Flint

Hard stone

Bedeck

To adorn

Cower

To cringe, to tremble in fear

Lavish

Generous, fancy

Prudence

Caution, good sense

Divine

Holy, of the gods

Tormenting

Causing great pain or anguish

Sickle

Curved metal blade with a short handle

Nymph

Minor nature goddess

Irreverent

Disrespectful, rude

Forge

A furnace for heating metal

Iridescent

Glittering with rainbow colors

Crevice

A narrow opening, crack

Gleaming

Shining

Quarrel

Argument, fight

Mourn

To express sorrow or grief

Reign

To rule

Venom

Poison secreted by some snakes and spiders

Vainglorious

Too proud of oneself, arrogant

Disgust

Strong dislike

Unconquerable

Unable to be defeated

Oblivion

Being completely forgotten

Ichor

Blood of the gods

Sinister

Evil, wicked

Ford

A shallow crossing place in a stream

Universe

Milky way galaxy, the world

Din

Noise, racket, commotion

Sacred

Holy, revered

Strait

Narrow waterway between two bodies of water

Tremendously

Extremely, immensely

Herald

Messenger

Famine

Life-threatening shortage of food

Underworld

Hades, hell

Immortality

Never-ending life

Altar

Platform for worship or sacrifice

Bellows

A device for forcing air into a fire

Loathe

To intensely dislike

Magnificent

Superb, wonderful

Gadfly

An annoying, stinging fly

Monstrous

Gigantic, unnatural