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Vocab Units 3 & 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abridge | v. to make shorter |
| adherent | n. follower or supporter |
| altercation | n. angry argument |
| cherubic | adj. resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent |
| condone | v. to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | v. to disagree n. disagreement |
| eminent | adj. famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting |
| exorcise | v. to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| fabricate | v. to make, manufacture, to make up, invent |
| gluttony | n. engaging in extreme eating or drinking, greedy, overindulgence |
| irate | adj. angry |
| marauder | n. raider, plunderer |
| pauper | n. an extremely poor person |
| pilfer | v. to steal in small quantities |
| rift | n. a split, break, breach |
| semblance | n. a likeliness, an outward appearance, an apparition |
| surmount | v. to overcome, rise above |
| terminate | v. to bring to an end |
| trite | adj. commonplace, overused, stale |
| usurp | v. to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
| abscond | v. to run off and hide |
| access | n. to approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase v. to get at, obtain |
| anarchy | n. lack of government and law, confusion |
| arduous | adj. hard to do, requiring much effort |
| auspicious | adj, favorable, fortunate |
| daunt | v. to overcome with fear, intimidate, to dishearten, discourage |
| disentangle | v. to free from tangles or complications |
| fated | adj. determined in advance by destiny o fortune |
| hoodwink | v. to mislead by a trick, swindle |
| inanimate | adj. not having life, without energy or spirit |
| incinerate | v. to burn to ashes |
| intrepid | adj. very brave, fearless,unshakable |
| larceny | n. theft |
| pliant | adj. bending readily, easily influenced |
| pompous | adj. overly self important in speech and manner, excessively stately or ceremonious |
| precipice | n. a very steep cliff, the brink or edge of disaster |
| prototype | n. an original model on which later version are patterned |
| rectify | v. to make right, correct |
| reprieve | n. a temporary relief or delay v. to grant a postponement |
| revile | v. to attack with words, call bad names |
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