Final Exam Vocab (4/5)
Terms
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- keg
- (n) a small cask or barrel
- ironically
- (adj) in odd opposition to the expected result
- compromising
- (adj) giving up for something else
- forthright
- (adj) going straight to the point; frank
- disdain
- (v) to consider beneath oneself
- hedonists
- (n) a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- crude
- (adj) in a raw or unprepared state; natural
- retribution
- (n) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
- primitive
- (adj) original
- gavel
- (n) a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge
- exoneration
- (n) freed from guilt or blame
- flask
- (n) a narrow-necked glass container
- equivocator
- (n) a person who avoids giving a clear direct answer
- acquiescence
- (n) acceptance without protest
- vindicated
- (adj) cleared from accusation; avenge
- indifference
- (n) lack of interest or concern
- spectrum
- (n) an image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.
- lauded
- (adj) glorified; give praise
- drake
- (n) a male duck
- bough
- (n) a branch of a tree
- instigate
- (v) to provoke
- orator
- (n) a person who delivers a speech or oration
- baton
- (n) a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra
- magnanimity
- (n) generous & noble
- torso
- (n) the trunk of the human body