vocab list 4 part 2
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112 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 impugn | to challenge as false; to question |
| incendiary | causing fire; stirring up trouble |
| incense | to anger |
| indignant | angry; shocked |
| infighting | conflict within a group |
| infuriate | to anger |
| instigate | to provoke |
| insurgent | rebel |
| insurrectionist | rebel |
| intervene | to interfere |
| intransigent | stubborn; refusing to compromise |
| intrude | to enter without permission |
| irascible | bad-tempered |
| irate | very angry |
| jar | to unsettle; to shock |
| labyrinth | maze |
| livid | extremely angry; grayish white or bruised |
| mar | to spoil; to damage |
| maverick | rebel |
| meddle | to intrude; to interfere |
| melee | brawl; confused; noisy fight |
| militant | fighting; aggressive |
| mutinous | disobedient |
| mystify | to confuse; to make unclear |
| naysayer | a pessimist; one who usually disagrees |
| nebula | a cloud |
| negate | to show as false |
| nemesis | enemy |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| object | to express opposition |
| obscure | unclear hard to see; to make unclear |
| obsequious | overly submissive; asskissing |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| obstreperous | noisy rebellious; unruly |
| obtuse | slow to understand or notice; dim; not sharp |
| ominous | threatening |
| onslaught | violent attack; overwhelming flood |
| opaque | hard to understand; not see through |
| opponent | one who opposes, as in a competition |
| outcry | loud protest; objection |
| outrage | to make furious; an offensive event |
| paradox | an apparent contradiction |
| peril | a danger |
| pernicious | harmful |
| perplex | to confuse |
| perturb | to disturb |
| phlegmatic | unexcitable; slow to react |
| polarize | to divide into opposing groups |
| precarious | dangerous; unstable |
| predicament | difficult situation |
| prohibit | to forbid; to prevent |
| provoke | to cause or excite, especially anger |
| pugnacious | argumentative |
| quandary | difficult or puzzling situation |
| quarrel | to argue; an argument |
| query | a doubt, a question, to express doubt, to question |
| quibble | minor argument |
| radical | extremist; extreme |
| rambunctious | noisy and undisciplined |
| raze | to tear down to the ground |
| rebut | to oppose; to argue against |
| recalcitrant | disobedient; refusing to be controlled |
| refute | to reject; to disprove |
| regress | to go backward |
| reluctant | unwilling; hesitant |
| renegade | traitor |
| repress | to keep down; to hold back |
| resist | to oppose; to stand firm |
| restrain | to limit; to keep under control |
| retaliate | to counterattack |
| revoke | to take back; to cancel |
| rigid | stiff; inflexible |
| rival | to compete against; to equal or almost equal; opponent |
| ruthless | cruel; merciless |
| salvo | an outburst, a verbal attack |
| savage | fierce; wild, very harsh; an uncivilized or cruel person |
| sedition | rebellion |
| servile | acting like a slave; overly submissive |
| sinister | evil |
| specious | apparently true but actually false |
| squabble | petty argument |
| stalemate | a deadlock; a tie; a standstill |
| strident | harsh- sounding |
| strife | a fight for power; rivalry |
| subdue | to bring under control; to conquer |
| subordinate | one under someone else's control; lower in rank or status; inferior |
| suppress | to keep down by force; to keep secret |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| susceptible | easily influenced; vulnerable |
| swindle | to cheat; to take fraud |
| tiff | a small argument |
| treachery | deceitfulness; betrayal (usually of one's country) |
| truculent | fierce; argumentative; aggressive |
| tumultuous | stormy |
| turbulent | stormy |
| turmoil | trouble; confusion |
| turncoat | traitor; one who switches sides |
| turpitude | wickedness |
| undermine | to weaken |
| unnerve | to make nervous; to upset |
| vacillate | to change back and forth; to be indecisive |
| vendetta | plan for revenge |
| vex | to annoy; to puzzle |
| vie | to compete |
| vindicate | to get revenge; to clear a name; to justify |
| violate | to break (rules or principles); to treat disrespectfully; to harm |
| virulence | extreme harmfulness |
| vitiate | to ruin; to corrupt; to undo |
| warring | fighting |
| waver | to move back and forth; to be indecisive |
| willful | intentional; stubborn |
| wrath | violent anger |
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