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List #15
List 15 for Ms. Ferguson's Honors
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| alienate | (v) to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent where attachment formerly existed |
| alleviate | (v) to make less hard to bear; relieve; lessen |
| ameliorate | (v) to make better or to become better |
| assuage | (v) to lessen; satisify |
| austere | 1. harsh 2. strict 3. unadorned |
| castigate | (v) to punish; critize severely |
| chastise | (v) to punish, usually by beating |
| clemency | (n) mercy or leniency |
| coerce | (v) to force or compel |
| compunction | (n) uneasiness of guilt or sorrow for sin; remorse |
| condolence | (n) sympathy |
| condone | (v) to excuse or overlook |
| contrite | (adj) sincerely sorry for sin; penitent; remorseful |
| culpable | (adj) guilty; deserving blame |
| deplore | (v) to regret or lament |
| duress | (n) 1. imprisonment 2. compulsion |
| enhance | (v) to make greater; to intensify |
| estrange | (v) to turn (a person) from a friendly attitude to an indifferent or unfriendly one |
| exacerbate | (v) to make more intense or bitter; to aggravate or irritate |
| exculpate | (v) to free from blame; to prove guiltless |
| exonerate | (v) to free (a person) from a charge of guilt; exculpate |
| expatriate | (v) to exile |
| expiate | (v) to speak or write at great lengths |
| extenuate | (v) to lessen the seriousness of by giving excuses |
| fetter | (n) a chain, exp. for the feet (v) to chain; to restrain |
| implacable | (adj) not to be appeased or pacified; relentless |
| impunity | (n) freedom from punishment or loss |
| incarcerate | (v) to imprison |
| inclement | (adj) stormy; severe (merciless) |
| incorrigible | (adj) beyond correction or reform |
| inexorable | (adj) relentless; unable to be influenced by persuasion or entreaty |
| internment | (n) confinement; imprisonment or incarceration, esp. in wartime |
| lenient | (adj) not harsh or severe; merciful |
| manacle | (n) a handcuff; fetter for the hand (v) to handcuff |
| mitigate | (v) to moderate; soften; lessen |
| mollify | (v) to soothe; pacify; appease |
| nonentity | (n) something or someone that is of lttle importance or does not exist |
| ostracize | (v) to banish or exclude from a group |
| palliate | (v) to lessen the pain or severity; alleviate; extenuate |
| pariah | (n) an outcast; a despised person |
| penance | (n) any act of suffering to show repentance for wrongdoing |
| placate | (v) to appease; pacify |
| propitiate | (v) to win or regain the good will of; appease or conciliate |
| rampant | (adj) wild; unchecked |
| relegate | (v) to assign to an inferior position |
| remorse | (n) guilt; repentence |
| ruthless | (adj) pitiless |
| scourge | (v) to punish severly, specif. to whip or flog |
| stringent | (adj) strict; severe |
| tether | (n) a rope or chain (v) to fasten or tie up |
| transgress | (v) to break a rule; to violate |
| vindicate | (v) to clear of blame; exonerate; absolve |
| vitiate | (v) to make weaker |
| wanton | (adj) 1. unchaste (promiscuous) 2. senseless; umpovoked; deliberately malicious |
| aggravate | (v) to make worse; intensify |
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Ms.Ferguson
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