j.vocab.4
Terms
undefined, object
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- addendum
- an addition to increase correctness and completness
- amnesty
- general pardon for an offense
- autonomy
- self gov't, independence
- axiomatic
- self-evident, expressing a universally accepeted principle
- blazon
- adorn, display conspicuously
- cavear
- warning or caution to prevent discouragable behavior
- eguitable
- fair, just, principles of justice
- extricate
- free from something, remove
- filch
- to steal in small amounts
- flout
- to mock, treat w/ contempt
- fractious
- troublesome, unruly
- precept
- rule of conduct
- prognosticate
- to predict or foresee
- salutary
- beneficial, helpful, positive
- scathing
- bitterly severe
- scourge
- to whip, punish severly; cause of affliction
- sepulchral
- typical of a tomb
- soporific
- tending to cause sleep
- straitlaced
- strict in regard to moral standards
- transient
- lasting a shart time; one who stays a short time
- unwieldy
- not easily carried b/c of size
- vapid
- dull, uninteresting, tiresom