Quizlet Richmond unit 6

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  1. Abdicate: give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
  2. Boisterous: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  3. Capricious: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
  4. Fortitude: strength, guts
  5. Fractious: irritable; peevish
  6. Implicate: incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime
  7. Intimation: an indirect suggestion
  8. Mendacious: given to lying
  9. Obscure: make less visible or unclear
  10. Permeate: (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak though
  11. Precipice: cliff; dangerous position; Ex. on the edge of the precipice
  12. Quixotic: idealistic without regard to practicality
  13. Reciprocate: act, feel, or give mutually or in return
  14. Regurgitate: to vomit; to throw back exactly
  15. Salutation: n. Any form of greeting, hailing, or welcome, whether by word or act.
  16. Timorous: fearful; timid; demonstrating fear
  17. Toady: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
  18. Utopia: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
  19. Variegated: diversified, distinctly marked
  20. Zephyr: Any soft, gentle wind.