Lesson 4 Vocab
Terms
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- chasten
- to correct by punishment or criticism; to restrain
- scion
- an heir; descendant
- adjacent
- adjoining; next to
- deploy
- to station or assemble troops or forces in position
- fulcrum
- point on which a lever pivots; a crucial point or agent
- valor
- marked courage or bravery
- gaggle
- a flock of geese
- pachyderm
- a large, thick skinned mammal
- verve
- energy in moevemnt; exuberance
- pecuniary
- of or involving money
- exemplary
- model
- paramount
- most important
- laconic
- brief in speech; using few words
- reprieve
- spare
- concerted
- united
- knave
- a dishonest, deceitful person, usually male
- recapitulate
- to summarize; to paraphrase
- malfeasance
- wrongdoing, esp by a public official
- fulminate
- to issue a strong berbal attack
- gala
- characterized by festivity
- porcine
- resembling or relating to pigs
- refuge
- a shelter or sanctuary
- kindred
- related
- reprimand
- a severe, often formal, rebuke
- expedition
- a journey undertaken for a specific reason, such as for war or exploration; speed in doing something
- beguile
- deceive
- conflate
- to bring together; to merge into a composite whole
- expedite
- to speed up
- relactant
- unwilling; disinclined
- cite
- to refer to or quote
- buffet
- to knock about; to push or force roughly
- elated
- in high spirits; joyful
- discepancy
- lack of agreement; difference
- mediate
- to resolve (arguments or disputes) by working with the conflicting parties
- hallowed
- made or set apart as holy
- consternation
- a sudden feeling anxiety, shock, or confusion
- effect
- to bring about
- consequence
- a logical result or outcome
- binge
- a period of uncontrolled self-indulgence
- aviary
- a large enclosure for keeping birds
- minuscule
- very small
- pedigree
- record of ancestry; family tree
- spurn
- to push or drive away contemptuously with or as with the foot
- resourceful
- clever and creative in solving problems
- precipice
- a cliff; the edge of a dangerous situation
- inebriated
- drunk; intoxicated
- amorous
- feeling strong attraction; especially sexual
- terrestrial
- relating to the Earth
- revel
- to delight, to enjoy
- roost
- a place such as a rod or branch on which birds rest
- civic
- pertaining to a city or citizen
- suave
- graceful
- encore
- second performance
- decapitate
- to cut off the head
- harangue
- tirade
- pedestrian
- done on foot; ordinary; commonplace
- feral
- existing in a wild or untamed state
- attain
- to reach, get, or accomplish
- provocative
- tending to stimule by making one interested or angry
- equestrian
- pertaining to horseback riding
- cascade
- a waterfall or series of small waterfalls; a succession of stages
- voluntary
- willing; unforced
- soiree
- an evening party or celebration
- precipitant
- rushing headlong; rash
- feign
- to pretend; to fake
- undaunted
- not faltering or hesitating because of fear or discouragement
- precipitous
- resembling a cliff; extremely steep
- fete
- lavish entertainment; a festival
- impede
- to obstruct
- worldly
- sophisticated; cosmopolitan
- ad lib
- to perform, act or speak without preparation
- luscious
- having a pleasant taste or smell; richly appealing to the senses
- colt
- a young male horse
- inundate
- to flood
- nativity
- birth especially with reference to place, time, etc
- envelop
- to enclose or surround
- bewitch
- to put a spell on; to charm
- balmy
- soothing, mild, pleasant
- liaison
- a communication between different groiups; the person in charge of a communication
- garnish
- to decorate; adorn
- belittle
- to put down; to speak of contemptuously
- frolic
- to behave playfully and without inhibition
- patina
- thing greenish layer that forms on copper as a result of corrosion; the sheen on any surface produced by age or use
- preeminent
- superior in status or fame to all others, esp as a generally recognized quality
- insight
- the power to sense or understand something
- clarify
- to make clear or easier to understand
- capital
- wealth used or availabe to make more wealth; first and foremost
- perceptive
- capable of quickly understanding
- assuage
- relieve
- capitulate
- to surrender under specific conditions; to give up all resistance
- lair
- dwelling of a wild animal
- coup
- a clever, sudden act or maneuver
- bacchanalian
- characterized by riotous, drunken partying
- nettle
- to bother; to irritate
- knack
- a specific talent for doing something, esp. one that is difficult to teach
- poach
- to trespass on anothers property to take fish or game
- fluent
- easy; graceful
- determinate
- having exact limits; final; firm in purpose
- pedestal
- the base supporting a column, lamp, statue, etc
- gambol
- to leap about playfully; to frolic