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Vocab #4
act and sat vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alienate | to make hostile, to caused to feel unwelcomed or estranged |
| obtuse | insensitive, block-headed, slow in compreshesion |
| scrutniize | to look very carefully, examine |
| aspire | something one hopes to achieve, goal |
| martyr | someone willing to sacrifice or die for cause, someone who pretends suffering to gain sympathy |
| catapult | slingshot |
| citadel | a fortress overlooking a city, a stronghold |
| doldrums | a period or condition of depression or inactivity |
| paranioa | a metal illness of unreasonable anxiety, believing someone is out to get you or you are important |
| facilitate | to make easier or help bring about |
| glutton | one who eats or consumes a great deal, having the capacity to recieve or withstand something |
| muster | to collect or gather, the act of inspection or critical examination |
| craven | cowardly |
| mode | a way or method of doing something, type, manner, fashion |
| congenial | pleasant to be around, social and agreeable |
| fjord | a long narrow inlet form the sea between steep cliffs or hills |
| consensus | general agreement |
| blather | to talk nonsensically |
| beget | to give birth to create |
| curtail | to truncate or abrigde, to lessen by cutting away from |