11H Vocab 4b

Terms in this set (30)

abstemious: adj

moderate, especially in the use of food and drink

collections of old records or documents

declare strongly

of the middle class

huge cooking pot

carte blanche: n

complete freedom (French: "blank paper")

circuitous: adj

circumspect: adj

take control of

evanescent: adj

fleeting; vanishing (SYN: ephemeral)

destruction by fire

impeccable: adj

harsh accusation (SYN: vituperation, castigation)

relating to marriage; connubial

murder of a father or mother

deviation from the normal

extreme poverty

meaningful; terse (concise and forcefully expressive)

appease; conciliate

precocious: adj

prematurely bright

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