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Week 3 Day 3 Vocab

Week 3 Day 3 Vocabulary Words

TermDefinition
Audacious 1. Willing to take risks; daring 2. showing disrespect or a lack of courtesy
Confiscate to seize, by force if necessary; to take possession of
Conscientious 1. thorough; careful 2. honest; principled
Depict to give a picture; to describe
Embark 1. to go on board a ship or airplane at the start of a voyage. 2. to start out; to begin
Inkling a slight suspicion; a vague idea
Lackadaisical showing little spirit or enthusiasm
Mutiny deliberate refusal to obey orders given by those in command, especially by sailors
Pilfer to steal repeatedly small amounts or things that are of little value
Profusion a plentiful supply; a great or generous amount
Prudent very careful; showing judgment and wisdom
Rankle to cause continuing anger or irritation
Rebuke 1. to criticize strongly; to reprimand 2. a sharp criticism
Serene calm and untroubled; peaceful
Slovenly untidy; carelessly done
Anarchy 1. Total absence of government 2. lack of order; total confusion
Apprehend 1. To seize; to arrest 2. to grasp the meaning of; to understand
Arraign to bring before a court to face charges
Assimilate 1. To absorb into a population 2. to take in a part and absorb into the whole
Bizarre strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar
Calamity an event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster
Conspire 1. To plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal 2. to join or act together
Dissension a difference of opinion; disagreement
Elapse to pass or slip by (used with time)
Imminent about to happen; likely to occur in the very near future
Interrogate to ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner
Lionize to treat as a celebrity
Meticulous extremely careful; attentive to small details
Shackle A ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement.
Swelter to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat
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