Unit 10-12
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Terms
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- statute
- a law
- proponent
- one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief
- recoup
- to make up for, regain
- garble
- to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
- adept
- thoroughly skilled OR an expert
- obtrusive
- forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out
- quaver
- to shake, tremble; to trill
- autocratic
- absolute in power or authority
- deteriorate
- to lower in quality or value; to wear away
- concerted
- planned or performed in cooperation with others
- impair
- to make imperfect, damage, harm
- subersive
- intend to undermine or overthrow OR one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system
- recoil
- to spring back, shrink OR the act of springing back
- venomous
- poisonous, spiteful, mean
- brevity
- shortness
- aspire
- to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend
- wily
- sly, shrewd, cunning
- demure
- sober or serious in manner, modest
- laborious
- not easy, requiering hard work, hardworking
- emancipate
- to free from slavery; to release or liberate
- extemporaneous
- made or delivered on the spur of the moment
- intolerable
- unberable
- humane
- kind, merciful
- invincible
- not able to be defeated, unbeatable
- rugged
- rough, irregular; severe, stern; strong; stormy
- diminutive
- small, smaller than most others of the same type
- languid
- drooping; without energy, sluggish
- comport
- to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement
- irreverent
- disrespectful
- appreciable
- sufficient to be noticed or measured
- staccato
- detached or disconnected in sound or style
- illustrious
- very famous, distinguished
- contend
- to fight, struggled; to compete; to argue
- blasphemy
- an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred
- depreciation
- a lessening in value; a belittling
- erroneous
- incorrect, containing mistakes
- blanch
- to remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil
- maltreat
- to abuse, use roughly or crudely
- enlightened
- free from ignorance and false ideas; posessing sound understanding
- concise
- expressing much in a few words
- divulge
- to tell, reveal; to make public
- temperate
- mild, moderate
- rivulet
- a small stream
- lithe
- bending easily, limber
- render
- to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract
- slipshod
- untidy in dress, personal habits, etc.; careless, sloppy
- subersive
- indend to undermine or overthrow OR one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system
- ponder
- to consider carefully, reflect on
- skeptical
- inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true
- exploit
- to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit; OR a feat, deed
- synthetic
- made or put together by people OR something artificial
- despicable
- worthy of scorn, contemptible
- forestall
- to prevent by acting first
- bleak
- bare, dreary, dismal
- reek
- an unpleasant smell OR to give off an unpleasant smell, to give a strong impression
- mire
- mud; wet, swampy ground, a tough situation OR to get stuck
- squander
- to spend foolishly, waste
- relentless
- unyielding, harsh, without pity
- brawny
- strong, muscular
- preamble
- an introduction to a speech or piece of writing
- chide
- to blame; scold