Honors British Literature - Unit 12 Flashcards

1

displaying superiority

circumlocution
condescending
compunction
depredate

2

physical beauty

venial
exhilaration
pulchritude
sepulcher

3

a tomb or a burial chamber

sepulcher
wizened
intransigent
dogged

4

shriveled or withered from age or illness

bellicose
wizened
florid
autonomy

5

feeling of offense; resentment

umbrage
epiphany
artisan
voluble

6

A tendency

condescending
largesse
propensity
tacit

7

warlike; inclined to fight

polemical
tacit
wizened
bellicose

8

diligent; persistent

pulchritude
revel
umbrage
assiduous

9

to enjoy; to take pleasure in

epiphany
requisite
panacea
revel

10

a cure-all; a remedy for all diseases

bellicose
panacea
physiognomy
voluble

11

talkative

voluble
propensity
defunct
assiduous

12

facial features

physiognomy
umbrage
panacea
assiduous

13

a revelation; sudden knowledge or insight

untenable
epigram
assiduous
epiphany

14

an uneasiness caused by guilt

voluble
pulchritude
bellicose
compunction

15

to express oneself enthusiastically

compunction
pulchritude
sepulcher
rhapsodize

Honors British Literature - Unit 12

Questions 15

Honors British Literature - Unit 12

Questions 15