Verbal #7
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katsamms32 on October 5, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ameliorate | become better, make better, imrpove, enhance |
| parsimonious | stingy, miserly, tightfisted |
| raze | destroyutterly by tearing down, demolish, level |
| subvert | overturn, overthrow,from a foundation, undermine |
| tractable | easily led, taught, or controlled, yielding, docile, amenable |
| ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm, high spirated, vivacious, effervescent |
| exhortation | urgent recommendation or or advice |
| indemnify | compensate for loss, damage, or injury, reimburse, repay |
| perusal | reading, study |
| spurn | thrust aside with disdain or contempt, reject |
| wane | decrease in power or size, dwindle, power, decline |
| abhorrent | loathsome, repugnant, odious, abominable |
| admonition | gentle warning, friendly reproof |
| ephemeral | lasting one day only, fleeting, transitory, transient |
| ambrosial | extremely pleasing to taste or smell, delicious, heavenly |
| unwittingly | unintentionally, by accident, inadvertently, unknowingly |
| consign | give, transfer, or deliever, as if by signing over, hand over, commit |
| effrontery | shameless boldness, insolence, gall, temerity, chutzpah |
| forbearance | act of forbearing, refraining, abstaining, leniency, patience |
| nettlesome | irritataing, causing annoyance or veation |
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