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Vocab Lesson 18
Gina Davis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atrocity | wicked cruel, or tasteless act |
| Avow | to acknowledge frankly |
| Circumlocution | wordness; the act of talking around a point |
| Depraved | corrupt orevil |
| Effigy | image or representation of a person, sometimes crudely portrayed |
| Excrable | detestable, very bad |
| Fraudulent | deceitiful ; dishonest |
| Obloquy | abusive language; criticism |
| Palliating | causing a crime or fault to appear less serious or offensive |
| Perjury | untruths told under oath |