| Term | Definition |
|---|
| abhor | v. to hate, to loathe |
| accelerate | v. to speed up, to move faster |
| accomplice | n. a partner in crime |
| acrid | adj. sharp or bitting in taste; bitter |
| amnesia | n. loss of memory |
| amplify | v. to make greater, stronger,or larger |
| baffle | v. to puzzle |
| ban | v. to prohibit or forbid |
| bellow | v. toroar; to make ahollow, loud cry |
| benefactor | n. a kindly helper; one who gives a gift |
| boisterous | adj. rough and noisy; stormy |
| carnage | n. the slaughter of a great number of people; destruction; a massacre |
| catapult | n. anancient military weapon for throwing large stones; a modern device for launching an airplane from a ship's deck. -v. to shoot from a catapult |
| cease | v. to stop, end, or discontinue |
| chaste | adj. pure in character; pure in taste or style |
| chic | adj. fashionable, stylish, attractive. |
| clamor | n.a loud noise; an uproar |
| coerce | v. to force or compel |
| colleague | n. an associate; a co-worker in a profession |
| colossal | adj. gigantic, huge, vast |
| commence | v. to begin or start |
| compel | v. to force to a course of action; to bring about by force. |
| comply | v. to act in agreement with |
| concoct | v. to make by combining ingredients |
| confide | v. to tell as a secret; to put trust in |
| confiscate | v. to seize by legal authority |
| congeal | v. to change from a fluid to a solid state; to thicken |
| cowardice | n. lack of courage |
| crave | v. to desire strongly |
| cremate | v. to reduce a corpse to ashes; to consume by fire |
| crimson | adj. deep,purplish red. |
| debtor | n. one who owes money;one who is in debt |
| deception | n. a lie; the ac of making something that is not true seem to be true |
| decrepit | adj. weakened by old age; feeble; infirm |
| deduce | v. to come to a conclusion based on something known or assumed. |
| delude | v. to mislead; to deceive |
| despondent | adj. very sad; depressed; dejected |
| detach | v. to unfasten and separate; to disunite |
| detect | v. to discover the presence, existence or fact of |
| devise | v. to form a plan in one's mind by combining ideas; to create |
| disdain | v. to hate, to despise; to scorn.-N. contempt or scorn |
| divert | v. to turn from one thing toanother; to turnone's attention away from something, especially through entertainment |
| dour | adj. sullen, gloomy in manner |
| drought | n. the absence of rain; dry weather. |
| durable | adj. lasting, enduring |
| endorse | v. to approve; to support; to write your name on the back of a check |
| engage | v. to involve; to keep busy; to hire; to promise to marry |
| explicit | adj. clearly expressed |
| exposition | n. a large public exhibition or show; an explanation |
| extricate | v. to disentangle |
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