Vocabulary Power Plus Book One Lesson 8-14
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 beget | to produce; to make happen |
| educe | to draw or bring out |
| glean | to collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor |
| chafe | to wear or irritate, often through rubbing or friction |
| effrontery | shameless boldness |
| imbibe | to drink (especially alcohol) |
| feign | to pretend |
| desist | to stop; discontinue |
| allude | to hint at, to refer to indirectly |
| elite | the choice members or best of a group |
| bilk | to cheat or swindle; to thwart |
| homily | a sermon |
| demise | death; a ceasing to exist |
| emit | to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light |
| decadence | moral deterioration |
| aghast | feeling great dismay or horror |
| granary | a storehouse for grain |
| choleric | easily angered |
| impede | to hinder, obstruct |
| qualm | a feeling of uneasiness |
| lampoon | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone |
| narcissistic | conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration |
| eradicate | to wipe out; to destroy |
| fabricate | to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive |
| ghastly | horrible; frightful |
| fallible | capable of error |
| blatant | obvious; too conspicuous |
| dawdle | to waste time |
| affiliate | an associate; partner |
| fawn | to act slavishly submissive |
| calumny | a false and malicious accusation |
| berate | to scold or rebuke severely and at length |
| minion | a fawning, servile follower |
| desolate | lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren |
| bane | the cause of ruin, harm, distress, or death |
| pacify | to calm down |
| garble | to mix up or distort |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| filch | to steal |
| neophyte | a beginner |
| carp | to complain or to find fault in a petty or nagging way |
| emissary | one sent on a special mission to represent others |
| facade | a deceptive outward appearance |
| flagrant | glaringly bad; outrageous |
| fracas | a loud quarrel or fight |
| futile | useless; pointless |
| gait | manner of walkng |
| genesis | beginning; origin |
| immaculate | spotless; perfect |
| kindred | haveing simular origin, nature, or character |
| lacerate | to tear (flesh) jaggedly |
| nefarious | very wicked; notorious |
| patrician | an aristocrat |
| query | to ask; inquire |
| queue | a line of people or vehicles |
| deluge | a flood; an owerwhelming rush |
| catholic | universal; wide-ranging |
| eerie | weird; mysterious; strange and frightening |
| martial | warlike; relateing to the military |
| antropomorphic | attributing hman characteristics or qualities to objects, amimals, or gods |
| beneficiary | one who recives benefits |
| careen | to serve or lurh from side to side while in motion |
| aplomb | self-confidence |
| guile | slyness and cunning in dealing with others |
| modicum | a small amount |
| fester | to grow embittered overtime; to rot |
| languish | to become weak or feable; to loss strenght |
| pall | something that covers or conceals |
| havoc | great destruction; chaos |
| rancid | having a bad taste or smell; spoiled |
| holocaust | a great or complete destruction of life |
| embroil | to draw into conflict or fight |
| anachronism | somthing or someone existing outside of its proper time |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of; to speak ill of |
| humane | kind; compassionate |
| effusive | emotionally excessive; overly demostrative |
| defunct | no longer in existence |
| lackey | a slavish follower |
| envisage | to form a mental picture |
| lament | to mourn |
| gape | to stare with an open mouth |
| impertinent | rude and disrespectful |
| haughty | arrogant; proud |
| nemesis | someone or something a person cannot conquer or achieve; a hated enemy |
| lethal | deadly; fatal |
| catalyst | n. a person, thing, or agent that causes or speeds up a reaction or change without itself being changed |
| jargon | n. vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people |
| judicious | adj. showing sound judgment |
| foible | n. a minor weakness in character |
| benediction | n. the act of blessing |
| frivolous | adj. trivial; silly |
| alacrity | n. liveliness; willingness; eagerness |
| deify | v. to make a god of; to look upon or worship as a god |
| carnage | n. bloody and extensive slaughter |
| impel | v. push into motion |
| epitaph | v. an inscription on a tombstone; a brief comment about a deceased person |
| harp | v. to persist in talking continuously (on or about something) |
| lateral | adj. of or relating to the side |
| pallid | adj. pale; faint in color |
| impetuous | adj. acting suddenly without thought |
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