vocab
Mrs wilson's words
Terms
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- dormant
- not active but capable of becoming active
- Abase
- lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect
- legion
- a large military unit
- quarry
- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
- harangue
- long passionate &vehement speech
- harry
- make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
- boorish
- Rude.
- Actuate
- v. To move or incite to actio,n.
- spurn
- Refuse with scorn
- brunt
- main force of a blow etc
- protract
- lengthen in time
- imperitent
- not feeling remorse or sorrow for errors
- combatant
- (n) a fighter;(adj) engaged in fighting; Syn:soldier, disputant, warrior;(adj) hostile, battling; Ant: (n) civilian; (adj) peaceful, neutral; Stress-2
- plaintiff
- a person who brings an action in a court of law
- Knave
- (n) a tricky, unprincipled , or deceitful fellow; Syn: rascal, rogue, scoundrel, miscreant; Stress- 0
- avert
- turn away or aside
- subterfuge
- a trick
- probe
- an investigation conducted using a probe instrument
- liberality
- (n) generosity, generous act, breadth of mind or outlook; Syn: largesse, magnanimity, broad-mindedness; Ant:stinginess, miserliness, narrow- mindedness; Stress-3
- dubious
- fraught with uncertainty or doubt