Quizlet Vocab Marking Period 1

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  1. abate: to lessen
  2. acrimonious: bitter/sharp tone
  3. adept: an expert
  4. adorn: to decorate with
  5. advocate: one who argues for a cause
  6. aesthetic: an artistic sensibility
  7. affable: easy to speak to
  8. alienate: to cause to become unfriendly/hostile
  9. allele: an of several forms of a gene
  10. alliance: a bond/tie
  11. alpha: the first, beginning
  12. altruism: selflessness
  13. amalgamate: blend/unite
  14. ambiguous: may have several meanings or answers
  15. anarchy: a state or society without government or law
  16. antonym: a word that has opposite meaning to that of another word
  17. apt: quick to learn/understand
  18. arbitrate: to judge
  19. artifact: an object made by humans
  20. assimilate: to make similar
  21. attest: to put under oath
  22. auspicious: marked by success
  23. baleful: portending evil
  24. bauble: a small, showy ornament of little value
  25. beck: a gesture of beckoning
  26. benefactor: one that gives aid [usually financially]
  27. berate: to scold angrily and at length
  28. bisect: to cut
  29. boon: a timely blessing/benefit
  30. brusque: discourteously blunt
  31. caprice: an impulsive change of mind
  32. caste: a social system based on rank in society
  33. cede: to surrender possession of, usually by treaty
  34. cessation: a bringing/coming to an end
  35. chagrin: embarrassment, caused by failure
  36. clamber: to climb with difficulty
  37. coagulate: to cause transformation of [a liquid/solid] for example
  38. concord: a treaty establishing peaceful relations
  39. conflict: a state of open, often prolonged fighting
  40. congruent: correspoding, similar
  41. consign: to turn over permanetly to anothers charge
  42. constraign: to keep with close bounds
  43. contentious: controversial
  44. coy: tending to avoid people and social situations, reserved
  45. cunning: delicatly pleasing
  46. decadent: being in a state of decline/decay
  47. deft: quick and skillful
  48. deign: to think it appropiate to one's dignity
  49. deluge: a great flood
  50. demagogue: a leader who obtains power through deciete
  51. derive: to obtain
  52. dichotomous: divided/diving into two parts
  53. dichotomy: a division into two usually contradictory parts
  54. dote: to show excessive fondness/love
  55. dour: marked by sterness/harshness
  56. drudgery: tedious work
  57. dupe: an easily decieved person
  58. effervescent: emitting small bubbles of gas
  59. embryology: the branch of biology that deals with the formation and development of living organisms
  60. enigma: a riddle
  61. erroneous: derived from error
  62. euphoria: a feeling of great happiness
  63. evolution: a gradual process of change
  64. exalt: to raise in rank
  65. exemplary: worthy of imitation
  66. expedient: something contived/used to meet an urgent need
  67. extort: to obtain from another through intimidation
  68. fallacy: a false notion
  69. farce: a light dramatic work
  70. fervent: glowing [with emotion?]
  71. filial: of/relating to/befitting a son/daughter
  72. foretaste: an advance token/warning
  73. foretell: to predict
  74. franchise: a privledge
  75. fraudulent: deceitful
  76. fraught: emotional
  77. gaunt: thin and bony
  78. genial: having a friendly manner
  79. glib: performed with ease
  80. glint: to gleam/flash briefly
  81. grievous: causing grief/pain
  82. guile: a skillful deceite
  83. guise: a false appearence
  84. gullible: easily fooled
  85. hackneyed: overfamiliar through overuse
  86. haphazard: mere chance
  87. hapless: unfortunate
  88. haughty: scornfully and condescendingly proud