Quizlet WW book 5 Lesson 7-12

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  1. Acclaim: greet with loud applause
  2. allude: refer
  3. alternate: take turns, person who can take over, every second
  4. aquatic: water
  5. arena: place for contests
  6. authentic: real, genuine
  7. baton: stick used to conduct the orchestra
  8. belligerent: quarrelsome, engaged in a war
  9. blizzard: heavy snowstorm
  10. bondage: slavery
  11. Bustle: To hurry
  12. castigate: scold severely
  13. chronic: long-lasting
  14. clarity: clearness
  15. cockade: ribbon worn on a hat
  16. compensate: pay
  17. complicated: not easy, not simple, hard
  18. concise: short and clear
  19. create: bring into being
  20. determine: figure out, make up one's mind
  21. dire: dreadful
  22. disrupt: disturb
  23. doggerel: loosely styled verse
  24. Donate: to make a donation, a contribution
  25. effective: in force
  26. eliminate: get rid of, remove
  27. enthrall: fascinate
  28. estuary: place where a large river meets the sea
  29. exceptional: unusually good, OK
  30. expletive: swearwords, words without meaning in the sentence
  31. extensive: widespread, far-reaching
  32. felon: criminal
  33. Financial: relating to money
  34. flippant: jokingly disrespectful, saucy and disrespectful
  35. fluctuate: go up and down
  36. gnome: fairy tale-dwarf
  37. halter: rope for leading an animal, woman's upper garment
  38. hireling: person in the pay of another
  39. Illustrious: highly distinguished, famous, glorious
  40. Impair: to become worse
  41. indisposed: unwilling, slightly ill
  42. infallible: never to make a mistake
  43. intermittent: stopping and starting
  44. inured: accustomed
  45. knell: slow tolling of bells
  46. Legible: capable of being read
  47. lei: ring of flowers worn around the neck
  48. maze: complicated network of passages
  49. melee: noisy fight
  50. Memorable: worth remembering, easily remembered
  51. minute: thorough, records of a meeting, very tiny
  52. murky: dark, gloomy
  53. oasis: watering place in the desert
  54. oblique: slanting, indirect
  55. obscene: indecent, shocking, immoral
  56. onslaught: fierce attack
  57. Optimist: someone always thinking on the bright side
  58. outrage: wicked act, angered
  59. pagan: worshiping many gods
  60. pamper: give in to
  61. parable: short story teaching a lesson
  62. pare: peel, cut down on
  63. participate: take part
  64. pawn: minor chess piece, person used by others, leave in exchange for a loan
  65. plausible: apparently true
  66. Preliminary: leading up to the main part
  67. Prim: formally precise, proper
  68. principle: important truth, underlying idea, honesty
  69. rampant: spreading wildly
  70. recollect: remember
  71. recurrence: repetition
  72. Refrain: to restrain from doing something
  73. reluctant: unwilling
  74. Scour: to get rid of what is not wanted, to clear or dig out
  75. scourge: whip
  76. sedentary: who sits
  77. semblance: outward appearance
  78. shear: cut, clip the wool off
  79. silt: fine sand
  80. Statue: a carved 3-D work of art
  81. Stupor: condition of being stunned
  82. Succinct: expressed in a few words
  83. summon: to call forth, send forth
  84. tense: stretched tightly, nervous, verb form showing time
  85. timorous: easily frightened
  86. triplicate: three copies, to make three of something
  87. twinge: sudden pain, anxious feeling
  88. unscathed: unharmed
  89. unseemly: improper
  90. wax: a yellow greasy substance, grows fuller
  91. zealous: very enthusiastic