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Vocab 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjunct | added or joined as an accompanied object or circumstance |
| Ado | foolish or unnecessary talk, trouble or activity |
| Avouch | to declare as a matter of fact or as a thing that can be proved |
| Beldam | an old woman |
| Vaunt | to make a vain display of one's own worth or attainments |
| Yoke | something that causes people to be treated cruelly or unfairly especially by taking away their freedom |
| Chide | to voice disapproval to |
| Ignominy | a situation or even that causes you to feel ashamed or embarrassed |
| Punctilious | very careful about behaving properly and doing things in a correct and accurate way |
| Repast | something taken as food |
| Methodically | done by using a careful and organized procedure |
| Circumambulate | to circle on foot especially ritualistically |
| Reveries | the state of being lost in thought especially about pleasant things |
| Aegis | the power to protect, control, or support someone or something |
| Nemesis | an opponent or enemy that is very difficult to defeat |
| Martial | relating to an army or military life; warlike |
| Marital | of or relating to a husband and his role in marriage |
| Ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| Incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; skeptical |
| Expedite | issue, dispatch, speed up |