eVocabulary Vol.7
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- abhor
- v. to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
- amend
- v. to change in a formal way; to change for the better
- buffet
- v. to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; n. to slap, blow
- chaos
- n. great confusion, disorder
- commodious
- adj. roomy, spacious
- corrosive
- adj. eating away gradually, acid like; bitterly sarcastic
- discern
- v. to see clearly, recognize
- extant
- adj. still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost
- implicate
- v. to involve in; to connect with or be related to
- inter
- v. to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
- martinet
- n. a strict disciplinarian; a strickler for the rules
- obviate
- v. to anticipate and prevent; to remove , dispose of
- renegade
- n. one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; adj. traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
- reprehensible
- adj. deserving blame or punishment
- somber
- adj. dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
- squalid
- adj. filthy, wretched, debased
- turbulent
- adj. disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy
- vociferous
- adj. loud and noisy; compelling attention
- voluminous
- adj. of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length
- waive
- v. to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer