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Vocab 9 definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Capitalist | A person who has invested personal wealth in business. |
| Capitulation | surrender; ending resistance. |
| Decapitate | To cut off the head of, to behead |
| Precipice | A very steep or vertical face of a cliff or rock |
| Precipitate | To throw down from a great height |
| Recapitulation | The restatement of a main idea |
| Cerebral | Pertaining to the brain |
| Cerebration | The action of thinking, thought |
| Deface | To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of |
| Efface | To wipe out, to oliterate |
| Facade | A face of a building |
| Facet | one of the many sides of a cut stone or jewel |
| Affront | to insult intentionally; to offent or embarrass |
| Confront | to stand or come directly in front of |
| Effrontery | flippant or insulting boldness; audacity |