(Vocabulary Units 4-6)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 atone | (v.): to make up for |
| bondage | (n.): slavery; any state of being bound or held down |
| credible | (adj.): believeable |
| defray | (v.): to pay for |
| diligent | (adj.): hardworking, industrious, not lazy |
| doleful | (adj.): sad; dreary |
| ghastly | (adj.): frightful, horrible; deathly pale |
| hamper | (v.): to hold back |
| hew | (v.): to shape or to cut down with an ax; to hold to |
| impoverished | (adj.): poor, in a state of poverty; depleted |
| incessant | (adj.): never stopping, going on all the time |
| intricate | (adj.): complicated; difficult to understand |
| lucid | (adj.): easy to understand, clear; rational, sane |
| posthumous | (adj.): occuring or published after death |
| prim | (adj.): overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish |
| sardonic | (adj.): grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic |
| superfluous | (adj.): exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess |
| supplant | (v.): to take the place of, supersede |
| taunt | (v.): to jeer at, mock; (n.): an insulting or mocking remark |
| tenacious | (adj.): holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent |
| accomplice | (n.): a person who takes part in a crime |
| annihilate | (v.): to destroy completely |
| arbitrary | (adj.): unreasonable; based on one's wishes or whims without regard for reason or fairness |
| brazen | (adj.): shameless, impudent, made of brass |
| catalyst | (n.): a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change |
| exodus | (n.): a large-scale departure or flight |
| facilitate | (v.): to make easier; to assist |
| incorrigible | (adj.): not able to be corrected; beyond control |
| latent | (adj.): hidden, present but not realized |
| militant | (adj.): given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; (n.): an activist |
| morose | (adj.): having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable |
| opaque | (adj.): not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense, stupid |
| paramount | (adj.): chief in importance, above all others |
| prattle | (v.): to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble; (n.): baby talk; babble |
| rebut | (v.): to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute |
| reprimand | (v.): to scold; find fault with; (n.): a rebuke |
| servitude | (n.): slavery, forced labor |
| slapdash | (adj.): careless and hasty |
| stagnant | (adj.): not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull |
| succumb | (v.): to give away to superior force, yield |
| abscond | (v.): to run off and hide |
| access | (n.): approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.): to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | (n.): a lack of government and law; confusion |
| arduous | (adj.): hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | (adj.): favorable; fortunate |
| biased | (adj.): favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| daunt | (v.): to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | (v.): to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | (adj.): determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| hoodwink | (v.): to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| inanimate | (adj.): not having life; without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | (v.): to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | (adj.): very brave, fearless, unshakeable |
| larceny | (n.): theft |
| pliant | (adj.): bending readily; easily influenced |
| pompous | (adj.): overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| precipice | (n.): a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
| rectify | (v.): to make right, correct |
| reprieve | (n.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement |
| revile | (v.): to attack with words, call bad names |
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