Vocab #28-29
Terms
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- one that depresses or restrains
- damper
- One who is made an object of blame for others
- scapecoat
- Management of resources, especially in agriculture
- husbandry
- to move to action; an incentive
- spur
- Inclined toward conflict; eager to fight
- truculent
- A sudden calamitous downfall; collapse or failure
- debacle
- The most advantageous; the best condition, degree, or amount
- optimum
- fashion and fashion designers
- couture
- to take the place of
- supplant
- state of perplexity; difficult or uncertain situation
- quandry
- producing sound, especially deep and rich, resonant
- sonorous
- an act of choosing, using one's own will in a concious choice
- volition
- to ask earnestly; to implore, plead, beg
- entreat
- a powerful ruler; an important person
- potentate
- to belittle, say uncomplimentary things; to put down
- disparage
- to harass; to surround
- beset
- to fill with dismay; causing horror or consternation
- appalling
- asleep or inactive
- dormant
- advocating the doctrine of equal rights for all citizens
- egalitarian
- hardship, restraint, confiement
- duress