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Word Wall Semester 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Enfranchise (v.) | To give voting right |
| Remuneration (n.) | Payment for work done |
| Engender (v.) | To arise or come into existence; to cause offspring to be conceived or born |
| Plagiarism (v.) | Copying another person's idea or written work and claiming it as your own |
| Abasement (v.) | To belittle someone; to act in an undignified way |
| Billow (v.) | To swell with air; to move in a curling mass |
| Enhance (v.) | To improve or increase the clarity of an image or object |
| Harangue (v.) | To criticize or question somebody; to try and persuade someone in a forceful or angry way |
| Abrogate (v.) | To end an agreement or contract formally and publicly |
| Credible (adj.) | Easy to believe, trustworthy |
| Harbinger (n.) | Someone that foreshadows or anticipates a future event |
| Obdurate (adj.) | Stubborn or hard-headed; not easily persuaded or influenced |
| Reprieve (v.) | To stop or postpone somebodies punishment; to offer temporary relief from harm |
| Credulous (adj.) | Gullible; a person easily convinced that something is true |
| Enshroud (v.) | To cover or obscure an object |
| Haughty (adj.) | Behaving in a superior, condescending, or arrogant way |
| Obfuscate (v.) | To deliberately make something difficult to understand |
| Blithe (adj.) | Cheerful and carefree; casually indifferent |
| Pliable (adj.) | Flexible; easily bent or molded; easily influenced or persuaded |
| Blunderbuss (n.) | A short wide-mouthed gun used primarily in the 18th century |
| Laconic (adj.) | Using very few words |
| Tenacious (adj.) | Determined or stubborn |
| Accolade (n.) | A sign or expression of high praise or esteem |
| Cryptic (adj.) | Ambiguous or obscure, deliberately mysterious and secretive |
| Lamentation (n.) | To express grief and sorrow |
| Plummet (v.) | To drop downward steeply and suddenly |
| Skirmish (v.) | A brief fight between two groups |
| Discern (v.) | To understand something that was unclear at first |
| Fickle (adj.) | Likely to change affections, intentions, loyalty and preference often |
| Parry (v.) | To block or deflect the damaging blow a weapon |
| Mettlesome (adj.) | Spirited and courageous |
| Damp (adj.) | Moist; slightly wet |
| Chronic (adj.) | Long-term illness; repeatedly doing something or behaving compulsively |
| Idyllic (adj.) | Serenely beautiful, untroubled, and happy |
| Natty (adj.) | Neat and fashionable in dress or appearance |
| Extirpate (v.) | To completely remove, kill off, or destroy something undesirable |
| List (v.) | Lean to one side |
| Subliminal (adj.) | Entering or existing in the mind without conscious awareness |
| Whittle (v.) | To carve something small out of wood by cutting away small pieces of wood |
| Refulgent (adj.) | Shining brilliantly or splendidly |
| Dispatch (v.) | To send off something to a destination; to send away to complete a task |
| Embellish (v.) | To increase the beauty of something by adding ornaments or decorations; to add false details to an account or descripton |
| Insipid (adj.) | Dull and flavorless; lacking character and lively qualities |
| Ostentatious (adj.) | Rich and showy; marked by vulgar display of wealth and sucess |
| Revere (v.) | To regard somebody with admiration and deep respect |
| Serene (adj.) | Without worry, stress or disturbance; calm and untroubled |
| Taciturn (adj) | Silent by nature; reserved in speech and manner |
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