100 Vocab Words 2
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- precarious
- adj. unsafe; insecure; uncertain; dangerous
- devastation
- n. destruction; desolation
- vulnerable
- adj. easily injuted or hurt physically or emotionally; open to cirticism or attack
- besieged
- v. to crowd around in order to ask for favors; to overwhelm; to enclose with armed forces
- wreaking
- v. to inflict (as vengeance or punishment); to express (as anger or hatred)
- perseverance
- n. the act or habit of holding to a course of action or belief; persistence; steadfastness
- autonomy
- n. independence; the condition of having self-government
- wane
- v. to decrease gradually ; to decline in power, importance, or size
- inclement
- adj. without mercy; rough or stormy; harsh
- latitude
- n. freedom; scope
- balmy
- adj. mild and pleasant; soothing
- facsimile
- n. an exact reproduction or copy, in telecommunications, also called a fax; adj. duplicate
- vigilant
- adj. alert; watchful; wary
- commenced
- v. to begin; to initiate; to start
- archaic
- adj. no longer in general use; old-fashioned; belonging to an earlier period; ancient
- invincible
- adj. not to be overcome; unconquerable
- beguiled
- v. to cheat or deceive; to mislead by tricking or cheating
- appease
- v. to soothe or pacify, especially by giving in to demands
- pretext
- n. a false reason concealing a real one; an excuse
- espionage
- n. spying
- junctures
- n. a point where things are joined; a crossing; a point in time; a crisis point
- tawny
- adj. brownish-yellow; tan
- hieroglyphics
- n. a picture or symbol representing a word, syllable, or sound, used by the ancient Egyptians and others, instead of alphabetical letters; a method of writing using these pictures or symbols; picture writing; adj. pertaining to a system of writing that uses pictures or symbols
- subsidized
- v. to aid or assist with a grant of money; to support; to promote
- inaccessible
- adj.not easily reached or approached; out of the way
- coffer
- n. a box or chest, especially one used to hold money or other valuables
- rivulet
- n. a small stream; a brook
- edifices
- n. a building or structure, especially an imposing or elaborate one
- retainers
- n. a fee paid in advance for services; a servant; an attendant
- innovation
- n. a new way to do something; something new
- canine
- n. any animal belonging to the dog family; adj. of or like a dog
- ossified
- v. to change into bone; to harden like bone; to become rigid, hardhearted, or opposed to change
- meager
- adj. noticeable inadequate; scanty; lean; thin
- ravages
- v. to inflect terrible destruction; to ruin violently; n. the act of destroying; great damage
- apex
- n. the highest point of something; vertex; the culmination or point of climax
- defunct
- adj. no longer in existence or functioning; dead
- perceive
- v. to become aware of or to understand by means of the senses; to detect; to observe; to grasp the meaning of
- bourgeois
- adj. of or like the middle class-often referring to a focus upon material things and respectability; n. a middle-class person; the middle class
- influx
- n. a flowing in, as of people or things
- obliterated
- v. to blot or wipe out completely; to erase, leaving no trace