Lesson 1-6
Terms
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- entreat
- to beg.
- rebuke
- to criticize strongly; to reprimand.
- guile
- cunning or deceit in dealing with others, trickery.
- calamity
- an event that causes great suffering and harm.
- pervade
- spread or diffuse through.
- apprehend
- to understand.
- tirade
- a long angry speech.
- anthology
- a collection of various writtings- songs, poems, or stories.
- derive
- to receive or obtain from a source or origin.
- despondent
- depressed from loss of hope or comfidence.
- affable
- pleasant; approchable; gracious.
- conscientious
- thourough; careful.
- corroborate
- give evidence for.
- tremulous
- timid or fearful.
- simulate
- to pretend.
- despicable
- deserving contempt or scorn.
- profusion
- a plantieful supply; a great or generous amount.
- embark
- to go on a ship, plane at the start of a voyage.
- meticulous
- extremely careful; attentive to small details.
- depict
- to give a picture of; to describe
- inkling
- a slight suspicion, a vague idea.
- shakle
- a ring or band put around the arm to leg to prevent free movement.
- rackle
- to cause continuing anger or irritation.
- dissension
- a difference of opinion; disagreement.
- abhor
- to shrink from in disgust.
- imperative
- urgent.
- serene
- calm and untroubled; peaceful.
- conspire
- to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal.
- prevalent
- commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced
- abrasion
- a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction.
- recluse
- a person who lives apart from society and often alone.
- rebuff
- reject outright and bluntly.
- imminent
- about to happen, likely to occure in the very near future.
- grimace
- to make a face expresstion that shows feelings of pain, disgust, or contempt.
- pilfer
- to steal repeatedly small amounts or things that are of little value.
- conjecture
- educated guess - based on guesswork.
- modify
- to make changes to.
- inventory
- making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand.
- bizarre
- strikingly out of the ordinary.
- insill
- to introduce gradually in order to establish securely.
- encompass
- to encircle.
- impel
- to drive or propel
- pseudonym
- fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer.
- haunt
- to stay in ones mind continually.
- succumb
- to cease to exist; to die.
- confiscate
- to seize, by force
- profound
- intense; deeply felt, having a deeper understanding.
- interminable
- endless; seeming to be without end.
- dehydrate
- remove water from.
- amiss
- in a wrong ot imperfect way; out of order
- anonymous
- unknown source or uneveled name.
- gingerly
- cautiously or carefully.
- endeavor
- earnest attempt or effort.
- gruesome
- causing shock or horror.
- interrogate
- to ask questions of, in a formal manner.
- extricate
- to free from a difficult or tangled situation.
- proprietor
- the owner of a business.
- avid
- having a strong desire for, to the point of greed.
- assimilate
- to absorb into a population.
- surmise
- a guess.
- turbulent
- chaotic, unruly, stormy; rapid changes in the wind speed.
- generation
- one step in the line of descent of a family.
- spontaneous
- voluntary or unlpanned.
- swelter
- to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat.
- resilient
- having the quality of springing back to a former position.
- cursory
- hasty and without attention to detail.
- emulate
- strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.
- lackadaisical
- showing little spirit or enthusiasm.
- excruciating
- extremely painful.
- brusque
- rudely abrupt.
- concise
- short and to the point.
- sage
- having wisdom and great judgment.
- arraign
- to bring before a court to face charges.
- pivot
- a small bar or rod on which something turns.
- lionize
- to treat as a celebrity.
- inaugurate
- begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony.
- mutiny
- deliberate refusal to obey orders given by thouse in command, especially by sailors.
- recur
- to come up again or happen again.
- elapse
- to pass or slip by (used with time).
- prudent
- very careful; showing judgment and wisdom.
- dispositon
- a persons usual mood or tempermant.
- evoke
- to call forth; to produce.
- audacious
- willing to take risks.
- demean
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.
- anarchy
- total absence of government.
- reverberate
- to be repeated as in a series of echoes or vibrations.
- slovenly
- untidy; carelessly done.
- clad
- dressed; wearing.
- irascible
- quick-tempered; irritable.
- electrify
- to wire or equip with electric power; to thrill or shock.