These flashcards cover some of the more challenging words found in the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
There are 33 flash cards in this set (6 pages to print.)
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Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| lacerate | 1. to tear roughly; mangle 2. to distress or torture mentally or emotionally; wound deeply; pain greatly |
| pugnacious | inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative |
| commiserate | to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for or empathize with; pity |
| disgorge | 1. to eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth 2. to surrender or yield 3. to discharge forcefully or as a result of force |
| hackles | 1. the erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck 2. anger, especially when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner |
| transmutation | the act or process of changing |
| uninitiated | 1. to not admitted into an organization or group, secret knowledge 7. not being introduced to the knowledge of a subject |
| phosphorescent | exhibiting luminous; glowing or bright |
| hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| ostentatiously | 1. show in an attempt to impress others 2. intended to attract notice |
| scimitar | a curved, single-edged sword of Oriental origin |
| brittany | the most amazing girlfriend in the entire world who loves her boyfriend soo much <3 |
| inaudible | not audible; incapable of being heard |
| indiscriminate | 1. not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity 2. not kept apart or divided; thrown together; jumbled |
| temerity | reckless boldness; rashness |
| relentlessly | 1. that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh 2. not giving up or softening mood |
| peevish | 1. cross, querulous, or fretful, discontent 2. showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood 3. the opposite of what is right; stubborn |
| disconsolate | 1. without consolation; hopelessly unhappy 2. characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy |
| discomfiture | confusion; embarrassment |
| fanatical | motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm |
| oblique | diverging from a given straight line or course |
| promontory | 1. a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland 2. a prominent or protuberant part |
| eulogy | 1. a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing 2. high praise or commendation |
| supplication | to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition |
| transient | a person or thing that is not permanent, especially a temporary guest |
| hypocrite | somehow who criticizes and then his private life or opinions contradict his public statements |
| mien | the apperance and way that one conducts himself demeanor, as showing character, feeling |
| languish | 1. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade 2. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress 3. to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored |
| delirium | a state of violent excitement or emotion |
| turbulant | 1. being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed; agression 2. violent |
| saunter | to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll |
| wanton | 1. sexually lawless or unrestrained 2. done, shown, used, maliciously or unjustifiably |
| futile | incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful |
