Wordly Wise Vocab 2
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- avid
- having a strong desire for, to the point of greed
- brusque
- abrupt in manner or speech; grief
- concise
- short and to the point
- demean
- to cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation and character
- despicable
- deserving contempt or scorn
- emulate
- to try to equal; to imitate
- evoke
- to call forth; to produce
- excruciating
- very painful
- inaugurate
- to install in office with a formal ceremony
- pervade
- to spread throughout
- proprietor
- an owner of a business or store
- pseudonym
- a fictitious name used by an author; a pen name
- rebuff
- to reject bluntly; to drive back
- resilient
- capable of recovering quickly from misfortune
- turbulent
- chaotic; unruly
- abrasion
- a wearing away or rubbing away by friction
- clad
- clothed or covered
- corroborate
- to provide evidence to make more certain
- cursory
- done in a hurry and with little attention to detail
- dehydrate
- to remove water from
- derive
- to take or recieve from a source
- electrify
- to wire or equip with electric power
- endeavor
- to attempt earnestly
- grimace
- to make a face expressing feelings of pain, disgust, or contempt
- gruesome
- causing shock or horror
- inventory
- a list of possesions or goods on hand
- simulate
- to take on the qualities of another; to imitate
- succomb
- to give up or to give in to; to yield to
- surmise
- to suppose something without sufficient evidence
- anonymous
- of an unknown source or unrevealed name
- anthology
- a collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems
- conjecture
- a conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence
- dispostion
- a persons usual mood
- encompass
- to enclose; to encircle
- extricate
- to free from a difficult or tangled situation
- generation
- one step in the line of descent of a family
- guile
- cunning or deceit; trickery
- imperative
-
urgent; pressing
having the power or authority to command - instil or instill
- to introduce gradually in order to establish securely
- modify
- to make less extreme or severe
- pivot
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a small bar or rod on which something else turns
a person or something on which others depend - prevalent
- commonly occuring; widely accepted or practiced
- recur
- to come up or happen again
- spontaneous
- voluntary or unplanned
- abhor
- to shrink from in disgust
- affable
- pleasant; approachable; gracious
- amiss
- in a wrong or imperfect way
- despondent
- depressed from a loss of hope or confidence
- entreat
- to ask earnestly; to beg
- haunt
- to stay in ones mind continually
- impel
- to drive or to propel
- interminable
- endless; seeming to be without end
- irascible
- quick tempered; irritable
- profound
- intense; deeply felt
- recluse
- a person who lives apart from society and often alone
- reverberate
- to be repeated as in a series of echoes or vibrations
- sage
- having wisdom and good judgement
- tirade
- a long, angry speech
- tremulous
- marked by trembling or shaking
- audacious
- willing to take risks; daring
- confiscate
- to sieze,by force if necessary; to take in possession of
- conscientious
- thorough, careful
- depict
- to give a picture of; to describe
- embark
- to start out; to begin
- inkling
- a slight suspicion; a vague idea
- lackadaisical
- showing little spirit or enthusiasm
- mutiny
- deliberate refusal to obey orders given by those in command, especially by sailors
- pilfer
- to steal repeatedly small amounts or things that are of little value
- profusion
- a plentiful supply; a great or generous amount
- prudent
- very careful; showing judgement or wisdom
- rankle
- to cause continuing anger or irritation
- rebuke
- to critcize strongly; to reprimand
- serene
- calm and untroubled
- slovenly
- untidy; carelessly done
- anarchy
- total absence of government
- apprehend
- to sieze; to arrest
- arraign
- to bring before a court to face charges
- assimilate
- to absorb into a population
- bizarre
- strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar
- calamity
- an event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster
- conspire
- to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal
- dissension
- a difference of opinion; dissagreement
- elapse
- to pass or slip by(used with time)
- imminent
- about to happen; likely to occur in the very near future
- interrogate
- to ask questions of, especially in athorough or a formal manner
- lionize
- to treat as a celebrity
- meticulous
- extremely careful; attentive to small details
- shackle
- something that prevents free action
- swelter
- to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat
- claustrophobia
- an abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces
- colleague
- an associate or coworker of similar status
- condescend
- to lower oneself to a position one considers inferior
- contingent
- conditional; depending on something else
- daunt
- to discourage or intimidate
- deluge
- a downpoor of rain; a flood
- dispel
- to clear away; to remove or get rid of, as if by scattering
- dub
- to give a title, nickname, or decription to
- fanfare
- a sounding of trumpets or other brass instruments
- fledging
- a young bird just learning to fly