Midterm VW 1-7
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- bolster
- strengthen
- longevity
- long duration
- enterprising
- energetic, ambitious
- defect
- flaw
- excise
- delete
- predatory
- preying on, pillaging
- proximity
- nearness
- juncture
- union
- pulverize
- crush
- forthright
- direct, blunt
- relevant
- connected with, applicable
- skittish
- extremely nervous or frightened, jumpy
- stance
- posture
- detriment
- injury, hindrance
- belittle
- minimize
- rubble
- broken stone, wreckage
- wanton
- malicious
- convey
- send
- revert
- return, regress
- congested
- filled to excess, packed
- sustain
- to support, maintain
- disdain
- reject
- genial
- friendly
- audacious
- brave
- jaunty
- lively, lighthearted
- wrangle
- argue noisily, squabble
- maim
- injure
- decree
- an order having the force of law, proclamation
- anguish
- great mental suffering, torment
- veer
- change direction suddenly
- rehabilitate
- reform
- scapegoat
- person carrying the blame for others, fall guy
- legendary
- mythical, celebrated
- excerpt
- quote, section
- preclude
- prevent, stop
- residue
- a remainder, remains
- oust
- to remove, expel
- bountiful
- abundant
- turncoat
- traitor
- purge
- purify
- gingerly
- cautiously
- tawdry
- showy but lacking in good taste, loud
- glut
- flood
- ostracize
- exclude from a group, expel
- adage
- wise saying, maxim
- ornate
- elaborately decorated, flashy
- perturb
- upste
- plausible
- reasonable, believable
- haggard
- pale as a esult of worry, wasted
- instigate
- provoke
- oblique
- indirect
- cower
- to shrink from terror, flinch
- solicitous
- concerned
- porous
- leaky
- resolute
- determining, unflinching
- retentive
- able to hold
- recourse
- a person turned for advice
- venerate
- worship
- premonition
- presentiment
- minimize
- make as small as possible, belittle
- unison
- a sounding together, harmony
- pseudonym
- name assumed by a writer, nom de plume
- tether
- tie up
- promontory
- cliff
- flaunt
- show off
- frugal
- avoiding waste and luxury, thrifty
- frivolous
- of little importance, foolish
- assert
- affirm
- volatile
- unstable
- doctrine
- belief
- instill
- add gradually, implant
- apparition
- phantom
- bonanza
- something very valuable, windfall
- plebeian
- common, lowborn
- allot
- to assign, allocate
- prodigious
- gigantic
- blasé
- indifferent, bored
- aghast
- shocked
- vigil
- a watch
- myriad
- countless
- jurisdiction
- area of control, purview
- churlish
- rude, ill-tempered
- grapple
- confront
- muster
- bring together for battle, marshal
- facetious
- comical
- finesse
- delicacy
- qualm
- regret
- elite
- the choice part of a group, cream of the crop
- incapacitate
- disable
- intrigue
- plot
- invalidate
- cancel
- obsess
- preoccupy
- amass
- accumulate
- comply
- submit to
- devoid
- lacking, wanting
- unassuming
- modest, self-important
- antics
- pranks
- hover
- hang suspended, waver
- exotic
- foreign, strange
- deplore
- to feel regret, lament
- ethical
- having to do with values, upright
- acme
- top
- wallow
- delight in
- parry
- avoid
- prone
- likely, apt
- collaborate
- team up
- annul
- cancel
- servile
- slavish
- peruse
- study
- sequel
- continuation
- evolve
- develop gradually, unfold
- jostle
- push
- abashed
- embarrassed
- incognito
- in disguise
- banter
- joking
- perspective
- viewpoint
- waver
- become unsteady, hesitate
- avowed
- admitted
- staid
- serious, sober
- bask
- expose oneself to pleasant warmth, wallow
- attribute
- a quality associated by someone, trait
- citadel
- fort
- vie
- to compete, rival
- articulate
- enunciate
- ample
- sufficient
- grope
- search blindly, cast about for
- durable
- long-lasting
- laggard
- person who moves slowly, straggler
- plaudits
- applause, cheers
- nonentity
- nobody
- aloof
- distant
- epitaph
- tombstone inscription
- ravage
- to dearoy, wreck
- inaudible
- not able to be heard, indistinct
- prodigal
- wastefully extravegant, wastrel
- repercussion
- consequence of an action, cause
- discordant
- disagreeable in sound, different
- willful
- stubbornly self-willed, headstrong
- menial
- servant
- indiscriminate
- random