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vocab list 6 eng 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| n. one who asks for humbly and earnestly | suppliant |
| v. to regard with horror or loathing; to reject vehemently | abhor |
| a clever, often underhanded scheme for achieving an objective | stratagem |
| v. to express grief for or about; to mourn; to regret deeply; to deplore | lament |
| n. a women who cohabits with a man; women contracted to a man as a secondary wife | concubine |
| n. overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock | precipice |
| v. to agree (as proposal or idea); to concur | assent |
| n. clothing, garments | raiment |
| adj. seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible | plausible |
| adj. presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious; fortunate | propitious |
| v. to detest to dislike | detest |
| v. to reduce in amount, degree, intensity; to lesson | abate |
| n. a monster or giant, especially one that eats humans | ogre |
| adj. characterized by offensive boldness; shameless | impudent |
| v. to rob or loot of goods and valuables, esp. after capture | sack |
| v. to inflict punishment or penalty in return on behalf off | avenge |
| adj. v. to make preliminary inspection of, esp. to gather military information | reconnoiter |
| n. the state of being in a position or in circumstances that place one under the power or authority of another or others | subjection |
| adj. just, impartial, fair; marked by or having fairness | equitable |
| adj. sly, crafty, cunning, ingenious | wily |
| n. an object marked with magic signs and believed to confer on its bearer supernatural powers or protection | talisman |
| n. food of the gods, thought to confer immortality | ambrosia |
| adj. hateful; disdainful; scornful | contemptuous |
| n. damage to or loss of reputation | disrepute |
| abhor(diff parts of speech/antonyms) | abhorrence(noun), abhorrent(adj)/to love; to adore |
| lament(diff parts of speech/antonyms) | lament(noun), lamentable(adj)/to rejoice; to celebrate |
| assent(antonyms) | descent |
| propitious(diff parts of speech/antonyms) | propitiousness(noun)/unfavorable |
| plausible(diff parts of speech/antonyms) | plausibility(noun)/unlikely |
| detest(diff parts of speech/antonyms) | detestable(adj)/to love; to adore |
| abate(diff parts of speech/antonyms) | abatement(noun)/to increase |
| ogre(diff parts of speech) | ogreish(adj) |
| impudent(dpos/antonyms) | impudence(noun), impudently(adv)/respectful; polite |
| sack(antonyms) | to be captured |
| reconnoiter(dpos) | reconnoisance(noun) |
| subjection(dpos/antonyms) | subject(v)/domination |
| equitable(dpos/antonyms) | equity(noun), equitably(adv)/unfair, unjust |
| wily(dpos/antonyms) | wiliness(noun)/bovine |
| contemptuous(dpos/antonyms) | contempt(noun), contemptuously(adv) |
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MrGman200
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