Vocab 15B
B-351 to B-375
Terms
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- rapacious
- excessively greedy; taking by force
- accede
- to agree to something
- ire
- anger
- congeal
- to solidify by or as if by freezing
- symbiotic
- involving a close relationship of mutual dependence
- pauper
- one who is extremely poor, esp. one living on public charity
- predicament
- a troublesome or embarrassing situation
- superannuated
- retired or ineffective because of advanced age
- sporadic
- occurring irregularly
- stratum
- a level or layer
- convey
- to carry or transmit; to communicate
- supplant
- to take the place of
- surfeit
- an excess
- haven
- a safe place
- disheveled
- disarranged; untidy; rumpled
- marinet
- one who is strict in discipline, and enjoys authority too much
- consolidate
- to combine into a whole; to strengthen
- rotund
- rounded in figure; plump
- municipal
- relating to local government
- jargon
- the specialized terminology of a profession; incoherent speech
- implicate
- to incriminate; to show or suggest involvement
- decry
- to speak out against strongly and openly
- usurp
- to take over by force (e.g., property or rights) without legal authority
- utilitarian
- stressing practical use over other values
- windfall
- unexpected good fortune