40 terms
English 2
Abate
To reduce
Camaraderie
Friendship
Fiasco
Failure
Gambit
To take a risk for some advantages
Maladroit
Clumsy
Nullify
To make useless; cancel
Obese
Extremely fat
Pacifist
One who is in opposition of violence
Agog
Highly excited by eagerness
Bandy
To trade
Carnivore
A flesh-eating animal
Despot
An absolute ruler
Garner
To gather or store
Incorrigible
Not correctable
Ornate
excessively or elaboratly decorated
Repel
To drive away; discust
Bevy
A group of animals
Diminution
Reduction
Fetter
to restrain (keep from doing it)
Innocuous
Harmless
Lanquid
Lacking energy; weak; showing little interest
Officious
Interfering (with unwanted sevice/advice)
Prehensile
Adapted for grasping or holding
Waffle
To speak or write evasively
Abstruce
Difficult to understand
Canope
A covering
Elocution
Public speaking
Impair
Injure
Malice
A desire or intention to harm others or see them suffer
Palisade
An extended cliff
Saga
A long story
Ransack
To search thoroughly
Antidiluvian
Antiquated; extremely old
Capricious
Unpredictable
Gravity
Seriousness or importance
Hiatus
A break
Impudence
Arrogance
Mogul
A very rich or powerfull person
Pious
Holy
Raffish
Cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature