APLAC Unit 5 Vocab
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 addendum | addition, supplement; appendix, codicil |
| amnesty | a general pardon or absolution |
| autonomy | self-government, home rule |
| axiomatic | self-evident, taken for granted |
| blazon | to broadcast, trumpet; to embellish |
| caveat | a warning, caution |
| equitable | fair, just, right, reasonable |
| extricate | to disentangle, extract, disengage |
| filch | to pilfer, purloin, swipe |
| flout | to scoff at, sneer at, snicker at |
| fractious | unruly, refractory, recalcitrant; peevish |
| precept | a rule of conduct, principle; a maxim |
| prognosticate | predict, presage; augur, forecast |
| salutary | salubrious, wholesome, beneficial |
| scathing | searing, harsh, severe, ferocious, savage |
| scourge | to whip, flog; a plague, pestilence |
| sepulchral | doleful, lugubrious; funereal, mortuary |
| soporific | sleep-inducing; a narcotic, anesthetic |
| straitlaced | highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy |
| transient | impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent |
| unwieldy | cumbersome, bulky, clumsy; impractical |
| vapid | insipid, lifeless, colorless, dull |
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