Vocab: Week 7 & 8 -Morehead
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mltaylor10 on October 2, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 implacable | cannot be pacified, inexorable |
| paroxysm | a fit, sudden outburst |
| reprehensible | worthy of blame |
| jurisdiction | power, range of authority |
| skirmish | small fight, brief encounter |
| cause celebre | a famous law case or controversy |
| harass | to trouble, torment |
| monolithic | massively solid |
| indigent | poor, needy |
| arbitrary | based on whim, dictatorial |
| fray | a fight |
| one swallow does not make summer | don't jump to conclusions based on incomplete evidence |
| stymie | to hinder, impede |
| effigy | a likeness (usually of a hated person) |
| flout | show contempt, scoff |
| cognizant | aware |
| turbulent | unruly, agitated |
| a bitter pill to swallow | a humiliating defeat |
| terminate | to end |
| forthwith | immediately |
| exacerbate | to irritate, make worse |
| revert | return |
| oust | to drive out, eject |
| an ax to grind | having a selfish motive in the background |
| emaciated | abnormally thin, wasted away |
| surge | to rush suddenly |
| tranquil | quiet |
| sanctuary | shelter |
| ascend | to rise |
| sour grapes | to disparage something you cannot have |
| malnutrition | faulty or inadequate diet |
| afflict | to trouble greatly, to distress |
| besiege | to surround, hem in |
| privation | lack of necessities |
| sinister | evil, ominous |
| to swap horses in midstream | to vote against a candidate running for reelection, to change one's mind |
| ubiquitous | being everywhere at the same time |
| remote | distant, hidden away |
| thwart | to hinder, defeat |
| harbinger | a forerunner, advance notice |
| malignant | likely to cause death |
| to cool one's heels | to be kept waiting |
| excruciating | agonizing, torturing |
| respite | an interval of relief, delay |
| reverberating | reechoing, resounding |
| fretful | worrisome, irritable |
| succumb | to give away, yield |
| a red herring | something that diverts attention from the main issue |
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