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JRA Vocab 9
Vocab Lists 9 IS THIS YOURS?
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prerogative | n. an exclusive right or privilege |
| wayward (n. waywardness adv. waywardly) | adj. turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful, disobedient; capricious; changing irregularly - Obedient, predictable, proper |
| filch (adj. filched/ing) | v. to steal, esp. something of small value; pilfer, purloin, swipe |
| trifle (adj. trifling) | n. an article or thing of very little value; matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance; v. to deal (with) lightly or without due seriousness or respect; to pass time wastefully or idly - Inexpensive item; to handle with respect |
| clamor (adj. clamorous adv. clamorously) | n. a loud uproar (as from a crowd of people); v. to make insistent demands or complaints |
| bolster (n. bolster, as in pillow) | v. to add support to; to support or uphold, as in an opinion or belief - To neglect, to detract from |
| imputation (v. impute adj. imputed) | n. the act of accusing; an accusation; an attribution, as of fault or crime - Acquittal |
| lewd (n. lewdness adv. lewdly) | adj. obscene or indecent, as in language or song - Pure, innocent, chaste |
| minx | n. a pert, impudent, or flirtatious female - Virgin |
| edify (n. edification adj. edifying/ed) | v. to instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; to uplift - To disparage, to discourage |
| veritable (n. veritableness adv. veritably) | adj. being truly or very much so real; genuine, utter - Inauthentic, unreal, not genuine |
| expostulate (n. expostulation) | v. to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; to counsel |
| depute (n. deputation adj. deputed) | v. to appoint as one’s substitute, representative, or agent; to assign (authority or function) to a deputy |
| breach (n. breached) | n. a break or rupture, a gap; an infraction or violation; v. to break, rupture; to violate |
| bawdy (n. bawdiness adv. bawdily) | adj. indecent, lewd, obscene; coarse, as in talk or writing - Inoffensive, decent, sophisticated |
| cozen (adv. cozenly) | v. to cheat, deceive, or trick - To be honest with, to be fair |
| notorious (n. notoriety adv. notoriously) | adj. widely and unfavorably known |
| fop (adj. foppish adv. foppishly) | n. a man who is excessively vain and overly concerned with dress, appearance, or manners |
| harlotry (n. harlot) | n. prostitution |
| restitution | n. the restoration of property or rights previously taken away, conveyed, or surrendered; reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused |
| Promethean | adj. of or suggestive of Prometheus (that’s helpful, huh?); creative, boldly original; defiantly creative - Dull, unoriginal, lacking creativity |
| pernicious (n. perniciousness adv. perniciously) | adj. causing insidious harm or ruin; injurious, hurtful, fatal, deadly - Harmless, beneficial, healthy |
| odious (n. odiousness adv. odiously) | adj. detestable, repugnant, disgusting; deserving or causing hatred - Pleasant, welcoming, loving, kind |
| bode | v. to be an omen of, to foretell, predict or portend |
| extenuate (n. extenuation adj. extenuating) | v. to represent (a fault, offense, situation) as less serious; to underestimate or to make light of - To exaggerate, to augment, to make greater in size |
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