Flashcards: Key words for high achievement 14
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ericthoman16 on August 7, 2011
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Key words for high achievement
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ascribe | To attribute; to assign |
| Sable | Black; somber |
| Imbroglio | Complicated situation; confusion |
| Conflagration | Holocaust; uncontrolled fire |
| Pedagogy | Science of teaching |
| Demure | Shy; modest |
| Bandy | To toss about; to exchange |
| Revere | To worship; to venerate |
| Riposte | Retort; retaliatory action |
| Maxim | a concise statement, often offering advice; an adage |
| Comport | To behave; to conduct |
| Patriarchy | Male-led government |
| Deploy | To station; to place systematically |
| Goad | To poke; to prompt |
| Supple | Flexible; pliant |
| Bawdy | Vulgar; obscene |
| Victuals | Edibles; food supplies |
| Depredate | To plunder; to rob |
| Rabid | Extreme; fanatical |
| August | Redoubtable; majestic |
| Supercilious | Haughty; condescending |
| Orthodoxy | Custom; norm |
| Flagellate | To flog; to scourge |
| Carnage | Slaughter; butchery |
| Sanctimony | Hypocrisy; false peity |
| Malleable | Pliable; flexible |
| Quest | Search; pursuit |
| Contiguous | Touching; connecting |
| Immutable | Unchangeable; enduring |
| Pedantry | Pretension; affectation |
| Transitory | Temporary; evanescent |
| Radiate | To send out; to scatter |