WW 12-14
Terms
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- aftermath
- a consequence or result, often a negative one
- aphorism
- short statement of truth or principle
- catharsis
- releasing of emotions, often thru arts
- cohort
- group that is moving or working together; one who assists in criminal activity
- culpable
- deserving blame
- diabolical
- devilish;evil
- enormity
- immoderate,monstrous; state of being huge
- gibe
- v-to utter taunting words; n-a taunting remark
- innocuous
- harmless; unlikely to offend
- necessitate
- to require
- odyssey
- n-a long adventurous journey; an intellectual or spiritual quest
- partisan
- n-a strong supporter or advocate; an armed fither opposed to an occupying army; adj-strongly biased in favor of a particular party or position
- posterity
- future generations
- premeditated
- fully planned beforehand
- scurrilous
- vulgar; coarsely abusive
- adjunct
- something/one joined to something else but not essentially part of it
- belie
- to give false impression of
- carnage
- great destruction of life
- dilemma
- a problem with no satisfactory choice
- diverse
- differeing from one another
- eradicate
- to get rid of
- flout
- to ignore in a disprespectful way
- foment
- to stir up, to rouse; to instigate
- insurrection
- an open revolt against legal authority; a rebellion
- mandatory
- ordered by authority; required
- mitigate
- to make or become less severe; to ameliorate
- pretext
- an effort to conceal the real intention or state of affairs; an excuse
- singular
- denoting a single persion or things, contraasted to more than one; extraordinary, exceptional; strange or unusual
- somnolent
- tending to cause sleepiness; drowsy
- stalwart
- strong, sturdy; firm, resolute
- aberration
- a departure from the norm or waht is considered right, natural, or normal; a flaw or default;; the failure of a mirror or lens to reproduce an image in focus
- antiquated
- grown old; out-of-date
- celestial
- of or relation to the skies or heavens;; heavenly, divine; of the finest or highest kind
- certitude
- the state of being certain of the truth or rightness of something
- disburse
- to distribute something or pay out money, especially from a public or other fund
- galaxy
- a vast cluster of stars and other matter, billions of which make up the known universe; a group of brilliant or notable people or things
- intractable
- hard to manage, tame, or control; stubborn; not easily cured
- juncture
- a joining or coming together; the place where such connection occurs;; a point in time made critical by timeing of the circumstances
- juxtapose
- to place side by side
- maelstrom
- a large and violent whirlpool or something resembling a whirlpool;; a place or state of great turmoil or confusion
- optimum
- best or most favorable
- pillory
- to expose to public scorn or contempt
- proliferate
- to grow, expand, or multiply at a rapid rate
- remiss
- negligent; careless; lax
- titanic
- marked by great strength, size, or influence