Word Wealth Part 1 Unit 2 Vocab
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65 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 appall | to horrify, schock, overcome with fear |
| dismay | arouse alarm |
| abash | make ashamed or embarrased |
| overawe | fill with mild fear and respect |
| harrow | terrify, torment |
| petrify | stiffen with fear- literally turned to stone |
| discern | to see clearly, perceive |
| esteem | to value highly, regard |
| homage | stronger than esteem; often means active respect or reverence |
| deference | repectful formality implying esteem |
| cherish | have affection as well as respect |
| estimate | to put a value on |
| feign | to pretend |
| feint | pretended blow |
| meditate | to think, reflect, intend, or plan |
| contemplate | think or consider calmly |
| deliberate | think judiciously, especially in considering various courses of action |
| ponder | weight an idea thoughtfully. |
| conceive | imagine, create, construct mentally |
| speculate | imagine what might happen |
| cogitate | think, often in a humorous sense |
| ruminate | reflect upon |
| retrospection | looking backward about what happened or would have happened |
| obsess | to haunt, beset, harass |
| harrassment | physical annoyances or tormance; obsession to mental, inward torment verging on the abnormal |
| redeem | to buy back, make amends |
| redemption | act or process of saving from sins, bondage, or evil |
| relent | to become less severe, soften |
| mitigate | make less severe or harsh |
| salvage | to save, restore, recover (part of) the value |
| rehabilitate | restore physically and spiritually |
| wrest | to take by force, twist from |
| brevity | shortness, conciseness |
| abbreviate | to shorten |
| briefs | documents given to a court by the attorneys trying a case. These documents contain summaries of the issues in the case, the laws relevant to the case, and the arguments which support the position taken by the attorney on behalf of his or her client. |
| breviary | (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily certain priests and members of religious orders |
| breve | short, brief |
| censure | strong criticism, condemnation |
| censorious | harshly critical or faultfinding |
| impeachment | ultimate form of political censure |
| chaos | confusion, disorder |
| derangement | mental chaos, partial or complete |
| disarray | mild chaos, as in one's dress or mental state |
| tumult | noisy, active chaos created by animals, people, or the wind |
| havoc | chaos created by natural forces or by a deliberate human campaign of plunder or destruction. |
| bedlam | Noisy uproar suggesting insanity. From the name of an old insane asylum in London. |
| Pandemonium | place where all the "demons" dwell in howling, screaming disorder; strongest of chaos worders |
| anarchy | political chaos marked by the absence of government and with people doing as they please |
| citadel | a fortress or stronghold |
| arsenal | factory or storage place for war material |
| council | a group that decides what to do |
| councilors | members in a council |
| counsel | counseladvice, shared knowledge; legal adviser |
| celebrity | a widely known person |
| custody | keeping, care, guarding |
| deluge | a great downpour or flood |
| inundates | floods |
| antediluvian | before teh Deluge or very ancient (can be used for less time though. ex: antediluvian car can be 15years old) |
| demeanor | conduct, behavior, manner |
| epoch | distinctive age or outsanding period of time |
| era | usually longer than epock |
| millennium | one thousand years |
| eon | very long period of time; thousands of years |
| mien | conduct, behavior, manner (same meaning and origin as demeanor) |
| deportment | one's behavior or bearing |
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