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unit2 vocab acts 4-5
Term | Definition |
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Abjure(v) | to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant |
Avaricious(adj) | greedy; covetous |
Brandished(v) | to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish |
Chalice(n) | a drinking cup or goblet |
Desolate(adj) | lonely; abandoned; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited |
Detraction(n) | the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc; backbiting |
Diminutive(adj) | tiny; miniature; small |
Direness(adj) | causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible |
Equivocation(n) | lie; evasion or prevarication; an ambiguous expression especially in order to mislead |
Interdiction | ban, prohibit; taboo; forbid |
Judicious | thoughtful; sage; using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic |
Laudable | praiseworthy; commendable |
Pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful |
Plight | a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one; predicament |
Prate | to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble; foolish talk |
Recoil | to draw back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust; to flinch; retreat |
Sere | withered |
Tarry | to delay or to be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc; linger or loiter |
Verity | the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality |
Upbraid | to find fault with or reproach severely; censure; scold; reprimand |