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Unit 7 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abhor | (V.) To regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply. |
| amend | (V.) To change in a formal way; to change for the better. |
| buffet | (V.)To slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; (N.) a slap, blow |
| chaos | (N.) great confusion; disorder. |
| commodious | (Adj.) roomy; spacious |
| corrosive | (Adj,) eating away gradually, acid-like; bitterly sarcastic |
| discern | (V.) to see clearly, recognize |
| extant | (Adj.) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost |
| implicate | (V.) to involve in; to connect with or be related to. |
| inter | (V.) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion |
| martinet | (N.) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules |
| obviate | (V.) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of |
| renegade | (N.) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (Adj.,) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox |
| reprehensible | (Adj.) deserving blame or punishment |
| somber | (Adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit |
| squalid | (Adj.) filthy, wretched, debased |
| turbulent | (Adj.) disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy |
| vociferous | (Adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention |
| voluminous | (Adj.) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length |
| waive | (V.) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer |