Ms. Kish Vocab
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- Arbitrary
- determined by chance
- Complicity
- participation in a crime
- Confound
- to confuse
- Persue
- to read or examine with great care
- Inference
- a conclusion based on what someone says or a fact
- Antic
- a silly act
- Loam
- rich soil composed of clay or metal
- Gall
- bitterness
- Abate
- to lessen
- Sanctioned
- approved
- Gilded
- covered in a thin layer of gold
- Sage
- a wise person
- Vestment
- a robe
- Reconcile
- to make friendly again
- Auspicious
- favorable
- Converge
- to move towards a common point or result
- Berate
- to scold harshly
- Parable
- a short story with a moral or lesson
- Murky
- gloomy
- Angst
- anxiety
- Implacable
- relentless
- ameliorate
- to make better
- Barren
- infertile
- Beacon
- guiding light
- Tremulous
- trembling
- Semblance
- outward appearance
- Importune
- to question
- Assail
- assault
- Siege
- to surround and take by force
- Shrewd
- clever
- Plaited
- braided
- Solemnity
- gloomy
- Cagey
- shrewd
- Elegiac
- sorrowful
- Nuptial
- having to do with marriage
- Resolute
- determined
- Perjury
- to lie under oath
- Brash
- acting to quickly
- Exhort
- to urge strongly
- Exultant
- triumphant
- Emissary
- an agent set out on a mission or errand
- Clique
- a small exclusive group
- Craggy
- rugged
- Sinister
- threatening
- Seditious
- using language or behavior that will stir up others and cause a reaction
- Retroactive
- A decision that affects things in the past
- Ambrosial
- delicious
- Grievance
- a reason for complaint
- Subvert
- to weaken or corrupt
- Chastise
- to punish
- Parsimonious
- economical
- Vivacious
- lively
- Gaudy
- overdone
- Testimony
- a statement made under oath
- Sallow
- sickly complexion
- Laconic
- brief
- Infinitesimal
- so small it can't be measured
- Begrudge
- envy
- Disposition
- one's attitude towards life
- Cassock
- an ankle length garment
- Propagate
- to reproduce
- Taut
- pulled tightly
- Spurn
- to reject scornfully
- Tractable
- easily controlled
- Petulant
- whiny
- Lucrative
- profitable
- Desist
- to stop
- Raze
- to destroy
- Mussed
- messy
- Rank
- strong bitter odor
- Reticent
- shy
- Unfathomable
- unimaginable
- sovereign
- one who has supreme authority
- Disparage
- to belittle