lesson 21 tarpet
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- emend
- to correct
- rebuff
- to snub or to refuse bluntly
- boon
- favorable, a lessing, a benefit
- resilient
- ability to return to a former state
- scapegoat
- one who takes the blame for others
- tractable
- capable of being easily led, taught or controlled, obedient
- giddy
- dizzy
- contaminant
- something that causes impurity, something that defiles or pollutes
- deleterious
- harmful, dangerous, injurious
- indomitable
- incapable of being conquered
- metaphorically
- compared non literally
- corrugated
- bent into folds
- archipelago
- a group of islands
- panacea
- cure all, remedy for all ills
- disputatious
- inclined to fight, argue, or debate
- heterogeneity
- state of being dissimilar, composition from unlike elements
- spurious
- false or deceitful
- fetter
- to restrict by shackling or chaining
- irresolute
- indecisive, unsure of how to proceed
- vivacious
- full of life, very animated
- buffoon
- a clown, a silly or stupid person
- aggregate
- sum total, whole amount
- peruse
- to read or examine
- chicanery
- unethical methods, trickery
- prodigy
- one with exceptional talents or powers, an extraordinary accomplishment