Unit 9 Vocab
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hsldrummer on January 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 arduous | hard, difficult, tiresome |
| arson | malicious burning to destroy property |
| banter | a playful conversation |
| capitulate | to surrender under certain conditions, give in |
| cataclysm | a violent upheaval |
| chloroform | colorless, volatile, toxic liquid that produces anesthesia |
| dissipate | to dissolve, to waste away |
| dormant | sleeping or inactive |
| elfin | small and sprightly, mischievous, fairylike |
| brouhaha | an uproar, hubbub |
| enumerate | to name things separately, one by one, to list |
| epilogue | a short passage added at the end of a literary work |
| epitaph | writing on a tombstone, a short commemoration |
| floe | a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea |
| gaffe | a clumsy social error; a faux pas |
| havoc | great destruction; chaos |
| impasse | a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way |
| junta | a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power |
| kilter | good working condition; a sound of readiness |
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