English vocab 4
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makaylamaloney on October 31, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ameliorate | to make better; to restructure; to improve |
| Baleful | ominous; malevolent; threatening |
| Berate | to criticize vigorously; to scold |
| Circumvent | to avoid; to evade; to get around |
| Compunction | feeling of uneasiness caused by guilt; regret |
| Condone | to overlook; to accept; to pardon |
| Diminutive | very small; tiny |
| Euphemism | polite term to avoid directly naming something offensive or unpleasant |
| Expendable | dispensable; replaceable |
| Heresy | expression of shocking or unacceptable views |
| Infirmity | Physical or mental weakness |
| Profane | disrespectful of scared things; blasphemous; irreverent |
| Recompense | to pay or compensate |
| Repast | food and drink; meal |
| Servitude | forced labor; lack of freedom |
| Castigate | reprimand; scold |
| Colloquial | characterized by informal language; informal |
| Epitaph | words carved on a tombstone in memory of the deceased |
| Exodus | a mass departure |
| Inter | to bury; to put in a grave |
| Lacerate | to tear or cut roughly; to slash |
| Largesse | generosity; gifts |
| Obituary | A notice of a death (usually in a newspaper) |
| Omnivorous | eating all kinds of food (both animal and vegetable) |
| Permeate | to spread throughout; to pass through |
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