Unit 14 Definitions

Terms	Definitions
amenable	willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
berate	to scold sharply
carnage	large-scale slaughter or loss of life
credulous	too ready to believe, easily deceived
criterion	a rule test; a standard for judgment or evaluation
deplete	to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
expatiate	to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely
extraneous	coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
inception	the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
infirmity	a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)
jejune	lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
obdurate	stubborn, unyielding
potpourri	a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general misture; petals mixed with spices for scent
precocious	showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
sadistic	delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
sententious	self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy
supplicate	to beg earnestly and humbly
surfeit	an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; to feed or supply with anything to excess
tortuous	winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
turgid	swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language

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