Whittington Unit 8-14
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100 terms
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 |
| feign | to pretend |
| desist | to stop; discontinue |
| allude | to hint at, to refer to indirectly |
| elite | best of a group |
| bilk | to cheat or swindle |
| homily | a sermon |
| demise | death; ceasing to exist |
| emit | to send out; to give forth |
| 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 |
| narcissistic | conceited |
| eradicate | to wipe out |
| fabricate | to concoct |
| ghastly | horrible; frightful |
| fallible | capable of error |
| blatant | obvious; too conspicuous |
| dawdle | to waste time |
| affiliate | an associate |
| fawn | to act slavishly submissive |
| calumny | a false and malicious accusation |
| berate | to scold |
| minion | a fawning, servile follower |
| desolate | lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren |
| bane | the cause of ruin; death |
| pacify | to calm down |
| garble | to mix up or distort |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| filch | to steal |
| neophyte | a beginner |
| flagrant | glaringly bad; outrageous |
| patrician | an aristocrat |
| emissary | one sent on a special mission to represent others |
| kindred | having similar origin, or character |
| fracas | a loud quarrel or fight |
| lacerate | to tear |
| futile | useless |
| immaculate | spotless; perfect |
| gait | manner of walking |
| carp | to complain |
| query | to ask; inquire |
| queue | a line of people or vehicles |
| nefarious | notorious |
| genesis | beginning; origin |
| facade | a deceptive outward appearance |
| deluge | a flood |
| catholic | universal; wide-ranging |
| eerie | weird |
| martial | warlike; relating to the military |
| anthropomorphic | attributing human characteristics |
| beneficiary | one who receives benefits |
| careen | to swerve |
| aplomb | self-confidence |
| guile | slyness and cunning |
| modicum | a small amount |
| fester | to rot |
| languish | to become weak or feeble |
| pall | something that covers or conceals |
| havoc | great destruction |
| rancid | having a bad taste or smell; spoiled |
| holocaust | a great or complete destruction of life |
| embroil | to draw into a conflict |
| anachronism | something or someone existing outside of its proper time |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of |
| humane | kind; compassionate |
| effusive | emotionally excessive |
| 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 |
| lethal | deadly; fatal |
| catalyst | a person, thing, or agent that speeds up or stimulates a reaction |
| jargon | vocabulary distinctive to a particular group of people |
| judicious | showing sound judgement |
| foible | a minor weakness in character |
| benediction | the act of blessing |
| frivolous | trivial; silly |
| alacrity | liveliness; willingness; eagerness |
| deify | to make a god of |
| carnage | bloody and extensive slaughter |
| impel | push into motion |
| epitaph | an inscription on a tombstone |
| harp | to persist in talking continuously |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| pallid | pale; faint in color |
| impetuous | acting suddenly without thought |
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