vocab 1-8
Terms
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- adulterate
- to corrupt/ make worse by addition of something lesser
- inter
- to bury, to commit to the earth
- fortitude
- courage in facing difficulties
- craven
- cowardly
- parsimonious
- stingy, meager, poor
- animosity
- strong dislike
- adversary
- an enemy/opponent
- perpetuate
- to make permanant/long lasting
- extol
- praise extravagantly
- supercilious
- proud and contemptuous, snobbish
- waive
- to do without, to give up voluntarily
- officious
- excessively forward in offering services/ assuming authority
- punitive
- inflicting or aiming at punishment
- stultify
- to make ineffective or useless
- extant
- still existing
- duplicity
- deliberate deception
- bereft
- deprived of
- deploy
- to arrange/position, to utalize
- extirpate
- to tear up by the roots/ destroy
- dearth
- a lack
- obsolete
- out-of-date
- urbane
- polished
- tepid
- lukewarm, unenthusiastic
- inclement
- stormy, harsh weather
- fallow
- plowed but not seeded
- skulk
- to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding
- venal
- open to bribery or corruption
- bequeath
- to give or pass on as an inheritance
- scrupulous
- exact, careful, principled
- truculent
- aggressively hostile
- demise
- a death of a famous person
- diffident
- shy
- indomitable
- unconquerable
- insidious
- intended to deceive or entrap, sly
- assent
- agreement
- inopportune
- coming at a bad time
- cogent
- forcefully convincing, powerfully persuasive
- consecrate
- to make sacred
- sojourn
- a temporary stay
- infallible
- free from errors
- quandary
- state of doubt or perplexity
- implicate
- to involve in
- accede
- to yield to
- cursory
- hasty, not thorough
- redress
- to set right, to relieve from wrong or injury
- repose
- lean in a comfortable resting position
- ominous
- threatening/ bad omen
- renegade
- a deserter
- martinet
- stickler for the rules, strict
- venial
- pardonable
- coerce
- to force
- adroit
- skillful, expert in the use of the hands
- reprehensible
- deserving blame or punishment
- brandish
- to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
- impetus
- a moving force, impulse, motivation
- temerity
- rashness, boldness
- discern
- to recognize, see clearly
- quintessence
- the purest essence or form of something, the most typical example
- buffet
- to slap/ strike repeatedly, a slap/ blow
- amend
- to change for the better
- amicable
- peaceable, friendly
- revel
- a wild celebration, to take great pleasure in
- precedent
- an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action
- opulent
- wealthy, luxurious
- deride
- to ridicule, laugh at
- intimation
- a hint/ indirect suggestion
- clemency
- Mercy, humaneness, mildness