unit #4 vocab
Terms
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copy deck
- verb: to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void
- annul
- adjective: indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic
- blase`
- verb: to support, give a boost to; noun: a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post
- bolster
- verb: to feel or express regret or dissapproval
- deplore
- adjective: of little importance, not worthy of serious attenetion; not meant seriously
- frivolous
- verb: to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include: noun: a list of men for military service; a gathering, accumulation
- muster
- noun: a person or thing of no importance
- nonentity
- verb: to trouble haunt or fill the mind
- obsess
- adjective: elaborately decorated: slowily splendid
- ornate
- verb: to remove, drive out of position or place
- oust
- verb; to read thoroughly and carefully
- peruse
- adjective; full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water
- porous
- noun a high point of land extending into water
- promontory
- adjective; lying face down; inclined, likely
- prone
- noun; a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or a doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea
- qualm
- noun; a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection
- recourse
- noun; a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed
- residue
- adjective; showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
- solicitous
- adjective; serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct
- staid
- verb; to support, nourish, keep up, to suffer, undergo, to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
- sustain
- adjective; filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror
- aghast
- adjective; more than enough, large, spacious
- ample
- noun; a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance
- apparition
- verb; to declare or state as truth, maintain of defend, put forward forcefully
- assert
- verb; to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame
- cower
- verb; to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully; noun; a feeling of contempt
- disdain
- noun; a brief statement writtten on a tomb or gravestone
- epitaph
- adjective; having to do with morals, values, right and wrong; in accordance with standards of right conduct; requiring a prescription for purchase
- ethical
- adjective; humorous, not meant seriously
- facetious
- adjective; not able to be heard
- inaudible
- adjective; without restraint or control; unselective
- indiscriminate
- noun; crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; verb; to form and carry out plots; to puzzle or excite the curiosity
- intrigue
- noun; an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice
- jurisdiction
- adjective; appearing true, reasonable or fair
- plausible
- adjective; common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class; noun; a common person, member of the lower class
- plebeian
- adjective; wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant; noun; one who is wasteful and self-indulgent
- prodigal
- noun; nearness, closeness
- prozimity
- verb; to grind or pound to a powder or dust; to destroy or overcome (as though by smashing into fragments)
- pulverize
- noun; that which follows, a result, a literary work or film continuing the story of one written or made earlier
- sequel
- adjective; highly changeable; fickle; tending to become violent or explosive; changing readily from the liquid to the gaseous state
- volatile
- adjective; embarrawsed, ashamed, or nonplussed
- abashed
- adjective; withdrawn, standing apart from tohers (usually as a matter of choice)
- aloof
- noun; great mental suffering, distress, or pain; verb; to be deeply tormented by pain or sorrow
- anguish
- verb; to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to fit together into a system; adjective; able to use language effectively; expressed clearly and forcefully
- articulate
- verb; to be in, or expose oneself to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from
- bask
- defect
- noun; an imperfection, flaw, or blemish of some kind; verb; to desert a cause or arganization
- finesse
- noun; delicate skill; tact and cleverness; verb; to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgement, or skillful evasion
- flaunt
- verb; to wave or flutter showily; to display in a conceited, offensive way
- forthright
- adjective; frank, direct, straightforward
- genial
- adjective; cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm
- instill
- verb; to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in
- ostracize
- verb; to exclude from a group, banish, send away
- premonition
- noun; forewarning or foreboding of a future event
- pseudonym
- noun; a pen name, name assumed by a writer
- purge
- verb; to wash away impurities, clean up; noun; the process of getting rid of something or someone decesively
- rehabilitate
- verb; to make over in good form; to restore to good condition or to a former position
- repercussion
- noun; an effect or consequence of some action of event, result; an echo or reverberation
- resolute
- adjective; bold, determined; firm
- retentive
- adjective; able to hold, keep or recall ; retaining knowledge easily
- scapegoat
- noun; a person or thing carrying the blame for others