Unit 10 Reading Vocab
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- deluded
- adj.: Fooled; misled
- unanimous
- adj.: Based on complete agreement
- dissuade
- v.: Advise someone against an action
- undaunted
- adj.: Not stopping because of fear or failure
- avenging
- adj.: Taking revenge for an injury or wrong
- disdainful
- adj.: Showing arrogance or scorn for someone considered beneath oneself
- revelry
- n.: Celebration; noisy merrymaking
- routed
- v.: Completely defeated
- gourd
- n.: Fruit of a certain kind of plant; the dried, hollowed shell of this fruit is used as a drinking cup or dipper
- edifice
- n.: Large structure
- glossy
- adj.: Smooth and shiny
- besieged
- adj.: Surrounded
- dominions
- n.: Regions over which someone rules
- tawdry
- adj.: Cheap and showy; gaudy
- lament
- v.: Express deep sorrow for; mourn
- glutted
- v.: Given more than is needed or wanted
- mortal
- n.: Being who must eventually die
- croon
- v.: Sing or hum quietly, soothingly
- sustained
- adj.: Supported
- decreed
- v.: Officially ordered
- acknowledge
- v.: Recognize and admit
- relished
- v.: Especially enjoyed
- yearned
- v.: Wanted very much
- refute
- v.: Prove someone wrong
- vacancy
- n.: Emptiness
- shuffle
- v.: Walk with dragging feet
- flatterers
- n.: Those who praise a person insincerely in order to gain something for themselves
- brandishing
- adj.: Waving in a menacing way
- surpass
- v.: Be superior to
- sage
- n.: Very wise man