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English 1vocab 9-10
vocab 9 -10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bilk | to cheat or swindle, to thwart |
| homily | sermon |
| demise | death, a ceasing to exist |
| emit | to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light |
| decadence | moral deterioration |
| aghast | feeling great dismay or horror |
| granary | a storehouse for grain |
| choleric | easily angered |
| impede | to Hinder, obstruct |
| qualm | a feeling of uneasiness |
| lampoon | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone |
| narcissistic | conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration |
| eradicate | to wipe out ; to destroy |
| fabricate | to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive |
| ghastly | horrible; frightful |
| fallible | capable of error |
| blatant | obvious; too conspicuous |
| dawdle | to waste time |
| affiliate | an associate; partner |
| fawn | to act slavish submissive |
| calumny | a false and malicious accusation |
| berate | to scold or rebuke severely and at length |
| minion | a fawning, servile follower |
| desolate | lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren |
| bane | the cause of ruin, harm, distress, or death |
| pacify | to calm down |
| garble | to mix up or distort |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| filch | to steal |
| neophyte | a beginner |