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Warm up terms
Warm up terms SS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Annihilate | To destroy |
| Aqueduct | An artificial channel for conveying water |
| Archaeology | The study of human history |
| Assimilate | Take in information and understand it fully |
| Badger | A heavily built omnivorous nocturnal mammal of the weasel family |
| Benevolence | Disposition to do good things |
| Bewilder | Cause someone to become perplexed and confused |
| Bibliophile | A person who collects or has a great love for books |
| Brandish | Wave or flourish (esp. a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement |
| Flagrant | Something considered wrong or immoral |
| Flippant | Not showing a serious or respectful attitude |
| Consolidate | To make something physically stronger or more solid |
| Connive | Secretly allow something immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful to occur |
| Chattel | A personal possession |
| Chronology | The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence |
| Circumnavigate | Sail all the way around something |
| Clemency | Mercy, lenience |
| Comestible | An item of food |
| Comical | Amusing |
| Commemorate | Recall and show respect for someone in a ceremony |
| Commentary | An expression of opinions or offering of explanations about an event or situation |
| Commingle | To mix or blend |
| Diplomatic | Concerning the profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations |
| Dispensation | Exemption from a rule or usual requirement |
| Diverse | Showing a great deal of variety |
| Docile | Ready to accept control or instruction |
| Dowry | Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage |
| Dragoon | A member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army |
| Excruciate | Torment (someone) physically or mentally |
| Excursion | A short journey or trip, esp. one engaged in as a leisure activity |
| Excusable | Forgivable |
| Exasperate | Irritate intensely |
| Constituency | A body of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body |
| Constituent | Being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect |
| Constrict | Make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure |
| Consul | An official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city to protect and promote government's citizens and interests there. |
| Consulate | The place or building in which a consul's duties are carried out |
| Despot | A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way |
| Despotism | The exercise of absolute power |
| Destitute | Without the basic necessitates of life |
| Desultory | Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
| Defraud | To illegally obtain money from someone by deception |
| Defray | Provide money to pay a cost or expense |
| Degeneracy | The state or property of being degenerate |
| Degenerate | Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable |
| Degradation | The condition or process of degrading or being degraded |
| Digraph | A combination of two letters representing one sound |
| Digress | Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing |
| Dilapidated | In a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect |
| Dilate | Make or become wider, larger, or more open |
| Dilatory | Slow to act |
| Dilemma | A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives |
| Conscientious | Wishing to do what is right, esp. to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly |
| Conscious | Aware of and responding to one's surroundings |
| Conscript | Enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services. |
| Consecrate | Make or declare (something) sacred |
| Consecutive | Following continuously |
| Consensus | General agreement |
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