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Vocab words (List 5)
Mrs. Schulte of CCHS vocab words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abjure | To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath |
| aversion | A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing |
| cohere | To stick together |
| complaisant | Agreeable |
| decimate | To destroy a measurable or large proportion of. |
| dissonant | Harsh or disagreeable in sound |
| endear | To cause to be loved |
| garrulous | Given to constant trivial talking |
| indelible | That can not be blotted out, effaced, destroyed, or removed. |
| indolent | Habitually inactive or idle. |
| lascivious | Lustful |
| malevolent | Wishing evil to others |
| nostrum | Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character |
| perfunctory | Half-hearted |
| puerile | Childish |
| pseudonym | A fictitious name, especially when assumed by a writer |
| vacillate | To waver |