Vocab Week 15
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- transcribe
- to make an exact copy of
- replica
- a copy or reproduction of something
- chronicle
- a listing of an order of events
- theorem
- a rule or law, especially one expressed by an equation or formula
- retard
- to make slow; delay the development or progress of; hinder or impede
- versatile
- having many talents
- proficient
- well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled
- voracious
- greedily hungry
- contiguous
- connecting; adjacent
- spurn
- to reject with disdain; scorn
- vex
- to irritate, annoy, or provoke
- contagious
- capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object
- spurious
- not genuine, authentic, or true; false; lacking authenticity
- amends
- compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind
- insurrection
- revolt; uprising
- symmetrical
- characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned; if you draw a straight line down the center both halves are equal
- velocity
- rapidity of motion or operation; swiftness; speed; with direction
- subversion
- destroying someone's honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
- dissect
- to cut something apart in order to examine it
- stereotype
- a standard image of a person or group
- admonish
- to caution, advise, or counsel against something
- cadaverous
- of or like a corpse; pale; ghastly; haggard and thin
- futile
- incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful
- transient
- not lasting, enduring, or permanent
- urban
- of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town
- supple
- bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed; pliant; flexible; limber
- expiration
- a coming to an end; termination; close
- poise
- a state of balance or equilibrium, as from equality or equal distribution of weight
- montage
- any combination of disparate elements that forms or is felt to form a unified whole, single image, etc.
- scurrilous
- grossly or obscenely abusive