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1st Vocab test

Terms in this set (17)

1.to retaliate on a person for a wrong, injury, etc.
2. to make repayment or return for service etc
Requite
1. an act or instance of placing things close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
Juxtaposition
1. to expend or give in great amounts or without limits
Lavish
1. pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others
Ostentation
1. a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault
Peccadillo
1. having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable
Amiable
1. the act of saluting
2. a word or phrase serving as the prefatory greeting in a letter or speech as Dear Sir in a letter or Ladies and Gentlemen in a speech
Salutation
1. any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature
2. Physical Geography. a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth's surface
Cataclysm
1. to belong as a part, right, possession, atribute, etc; pertain or relate (usually followed by to)
Appertain
1. A commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at the site
Epitaph
1. to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn
Tarry
1. an instrument with a mashed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine pars of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations
2. a person who cannot keep a secret
Sieve
1. to scold or reproach; find fault
Chide
1. a den or resting place of a wild animal
Lair
1. a spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed up by)
Botch
1. to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care
Pamper
1. a light humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of a character
Farce
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