Vocab Review #13-15
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- To lure, to attract, to tempt in a pleasing fashion
- entice
- Love of mankind, especially through charitable gifts and deeds
- philanthropy
- Someone who hates mankind
- misanthropy
- Unreal reflection; an optical illusion
- mirage
- stinking; offensive; disgusting
- noisome
- The violent overthrow of a government by a small group; a victorious accomplishment
- coup
- To accumulate for future use; stockpile
- hoard
- To become weak or feeble; sag with loss of strength
- languish
- a tranquil, secluded place
- cloister
- to eject; to force out; to banish
- oust
- A person to whom money is owed
- creditor
- To rob of goods by violent seizure, plunder; to take as spoils
- pillage
- Going before; preceding; an occurence or event preceding another
- antecedent
- To give bodily form to; to personify; to make part of a system
- embody
- Using exactly the same words, word for word
- verbatim
- To shorten by cutting off
- truncate
- A strong feeling of sadness or guilt for having done something wrong
- remorse
- To abandon, to give up, to renounce
- forsake
- Dexterous, skillful
- deft
- The quality of being everywhere (or seeming to) at the same time
- ubiquitous
- Calm and carefree; lighthearted
- insouciant
- Various, several, miscellaneous
- sundry
- Unfeeling, insensitive; having calluses
- callous
- scarcity; lack
- dearth
- To regard with great devotion or respect
- revere
- Exceptional skill and bravery
- prowess
- General rather than specific; to form a general conclusion
- generalize
- Something handed down from one who has gone before or from the past; a bequest
- legacy
- A persistent, illogical fear
- phobia
- Depressing, gloomy, dark
- somber