Lesson 10 7
Terms
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- amend
- (v) to change in a formal way; to change for the better
- turbulent
- (adj)disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy
- extant
- (adj) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost
- discern
- (v) to see clearly, recognize
- voluminous
- (adj) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length
- somber
- (adj) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
- obviate
- (v) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
- commodious
- (adj) roomy, spacious
- inter
- (v) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
- corrosive
- (adj) eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
- martinet
- (n) a strict disciplinanrian; a stickler for the rules
- reprehensible
- (adj) deserving blame or punishment
- abhor
- (v) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
- vociferous
- (adj) loud and noisy; compelling attention
- renegade
- (n) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (adj) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
- chaos
- (n) great confusion, disorder
- buffet
- (v) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; (n) a slap, blow
- implicate
- (v) to involve in; to connect with or be related to
- squalid
- (adj) filthy, wretched, debased
- waive
- (v) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer