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Unit 4-6
Mrs Buskey
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| annul | Reduce to nothing |
| blase | indiffrent |
| bolster | to give support to |
| deplore | to fell regret or disaproval |
| frivolous | of little importance |
| muster | to bring together |
| nonentity | a thing of no importance |
| obsess | to trouble, haunt fill the mind |
| ornate | elaborately decorated |
| oust | to remove |
| peruse | to read thoroughly |
| porous | full of tiny holes |
| promontory | high point of land over water |
| prone | likely |
| qualm | nausea or doubt |
| recourse | thing turned to for help |
| residue | a remander |
| solitous | showing concern |
| staid | serious |
| sustain | to support |
| addendum | filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror |
| aghast | more than enough, large, spacious |
| ample | a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance |
| apparition | to declare or state as truth, maintain or defend, put forward forcefully |
| assert | to crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame |
| cower | to look upon with scorn; to refuse scornfully |
| disdain | a brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone |
| having to do with morals, values, right and wrong | |
| humorous, not meant seriously | |
| not able to be heard | |
| without restraint or control; unselective | |
| crafty dealings | |
| an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice | |
| appearing true, reasonable, or fair | |
| common, vulgar; belonging to the lower class | |
| wastefully extravagant; lavishly or generously abundant | |
| nearness, closeness | |
| to grind or pound to powder or dust; to destroy or overcome | |
| that which follows, a result | |
| highly changeable, fickle; tending to become violent or explosive |