vocab workshop unit 1-7 level d
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- fabricate
- make up something artificial or untrue
- surmount
- get on top of
- obesity
- more than average fatness
- altercation
- a problem
- Arduous
- (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort
- obesity
- Excessive fatness.
- deadlock
- a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring such a stand still
- momentous
- very important
- prattle
- to talk in an aimless foolish or simply way to babble; baby talk babble
- perilous
- dangerous
- catalyst
- a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction
- shoddy
- of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship
- pauper
- a person who is very poor
- marauder
- a raider
- terminate
- terminate the employment of
- irate
- Moved to anger.
- adherent
- sticking fast
- Access
- (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain
- pilfer
- make off with belongings of others
- Daunt
- (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage
- credible
- (adj) believable.
- rebut
- to offer arguments to evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute
- inundate
- to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by number or size
- Spurious
- not genuine, not true not valid
- Muddle
- to make a mess of, to get by; a hopless mess
- Pompous
- (adj) overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious
- usurp
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
- advent
- an arrival; a coming into place or view
- irate
- feeling or showing extreme anger
- surly
- angry and bad-tempered; rude
- posthumous
- (adj) occuring or published after death
- diligent
- (adj) hardworking, industrious, not lazy
- prim
- (adj) overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
- latent
- hidden present but not realized
- Disentangle
- (v) to free of tangles or complications
- marauder
- someone who attacks in search of booty
- erratic
- not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable
- lucrative
- bringing in money; profitable
- vagrant
- an idle wanderer, tramp; wandering aimlessly
- unflinching
- firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
- proliferate
- to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
- semblance
- Outward appearance.
- brazen
- shameless impudent, made of brass
- Abscond
- (v) to run off and hide
- militant
- given to fighting active and aggresive in support of a cause;(n) an activist
- Admonish
- to caution ro advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
- reprimand
- to scold find fault with a rebuke
- metropolis
- a large city; the chief city of an area
- malign
- to speak evil of, slander; evil
- Hoodwink
- (v) to mislead by trick, deceive
- tirade
- a long, angry speech, usually very critical
- jeer
- to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark of derision
- meander
- to wander about, wind about; a sharp turn or twist
- Dilemma
- a difficlut or perplexing situation or problem
- comely
- having a pleasing appearance
- cherubic
- angelic; innocent looking
- Anarchy
- (n) a lack of government and law; confusion
- sully
- to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
- feint
- a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
- bogus
- false, counterfeit
- Pliant
- (adj) bending readily; easily influenced
- obstreperous
- noisy, unruly, disorderly
- semblance
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- Debris
- scattered fragments, wreckage
- morose
- having a glommy or sullen manner not frendly or sociable
- taunt
- (v) to jeer at, mock; (n) an insulting or mocking remark
- arbrtrary
- unreasonable based on ones wishes or whims without regard
- trite
- repeated too often
- Cumbersome
- clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
- supplant
- (v) to take the place of, supersede
- doleful
- (adj) sad; dreary
- Intrepid
- (adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable
- pilfer
- to steal insignificant iteams- v.
- impoverished
- (adj) poor, In a state of poverty; depleted
- Salvage
- to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
- surmount
- to overcome
- Incinerate
- (v) to burn to ashes
- subjugate
- to conquer by force, bring under complete control
- adjourn
- to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
- condone
- overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
- trite
- Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
- assimilate
- to absorb fully or make one's own; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully
- Inanimate
- (adj) not having life; without energy or spirit
- exorbitant
- unreasonably high; excessive
- sardonic
- (adj) grimly or scornfullly mocking, bitterly sarcastic
- usurp
- take the place of
- rift
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- dissent
- a difference of opinion
- superfluous
- (adj) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
- Revile
- (v) to attack with words, call bad names
- expulsion
- the process of driving or forcing out
- Commandeer
- to seize for military or official use
- altercation
- n. (act of) quarrelling or arguing noisily
- hamper
- (v) to hold back
- adieu
- "farewell;" a farewell
- cherubic
- having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub
- incessant
- (adj) never stopping, going on all the time
- compensate
- to make up for; to repay for services
- exocise
- to drive out by magic; to dipose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive. Syn: expel, dispel, to drive out by magic; to dipose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive. Syn: expel, dispel
- lucid
- (adj) easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
- rift
- a narrow fissure in rock
- Efface
- to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
- eminent
- famous
- sprightly
- lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful
- succumb
- to give way to superior force yield
- Unbridled
- uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
- exodus
- a large scale departure or flight
- mediocre
- average, ordinary, undistinguised
- Precipice
- (n) a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster
- Rectify
- (v) to make right, correct
- Predispose
- to incline to beforehand
- defray
- (v) to pay for
- incorrigible
- not able to be corrected beyond control
- paramount
- chief in importance above all others
- tantalize
- to tease, torment by teasing
- Spasmodic
- sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
- fabricate
- put together out of components or parts
- servitude
- slavery forced labor
- Circumspect
- careful, cautious
- apex
- the highest point, tip
- Auspicious
- (adj) favorable, fortunate
- bondage
- (n) slavery; any state of being bound or held down
- hew
- (v) to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
- interim
- the time between; temporary, coming between two points in time
- adherent
- someone who is a follower
- Perennial
- lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
- tenacious
- (adj) holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
- dissent
- the act of protesting
- Breach
- an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation of infraction; to create an opening
- intricate
- (adj) complicated; difficult to understand
- fortify
- to strengthen; build up
- exorcise
- to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive. Syn: expel, dispel, To cast or drive out by religious or magical means.
- opaque
- not letting light through not clear or lucid dense stupid
- abridge
- To make shorter in words, keeping the essential features, leaning out minor particles.
- Fated
- (adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune
- accomplice
- a person who takes part in a crime
- eminent
- (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
- Brigand
- a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
- Opinionated
- stubborn and often unreasonalbe in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
- illegible
- difficult or impossible to read
- fodder
- food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
- terminate
- bring to an end or halt
- abridge
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- ghastly
- (adj) frightful, horrible; deathly pale
- alien
- a citizen of another country; foreign, strange
- dissolute
- loose in one's morals or behavior
- Reprieve
- (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement
- facilitate
- to make easier to assist
- annihilate
- to destroy completely
- Diffuse
- to spread or scatter freely or widely; long-winded, unfocused
- stagnant
- not running or flowing, foul from standing still
- atone
- (v) to make up for
- Biased
- (adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced
- Larceny
- (n) theft
- Relinquish
- to let go, give up
- pauper
- One without means of support.
- terse
- brief and to the point
- slapdash
- careless and hasty
- condone
- excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
- pensive
- thoughtful, melancholy