Shared Flashcard Set

Details

American Lit Week 9
American Lit Week 9
12
English
11th Grade
11/03/2011
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional English Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term

ACRIMONIOUS

 Definition
caustic; bitter (language)
Term

AMELIORATE

 Definition
to make better; to improve
Term

AMENABLE

 Definition
willing; tractable; malleable
Term

AMORPHOUS

 Definition
shapeless
Term

BUOYANT

 Definition
able to float
Term

CAJOLE

 Definition
to coax by flattery
Term

CALAMITY

 Definition
serious event causing distress
Term

DEBASE

 Definition
to reduce in dignity or quality
Term

EFFACE

 Definition
to erase; to wipe out
Term

ELUCIDATE

 Definition
to make clear; to explain
Term

EPHEMERAL

 Definition
short-lived; temporary
Term

INSCRUTABLE

 Definition
difficult to understand
Supporting users have an ad free experience!