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unit2 vocab acts 4-5

TermDefinition
Abjure(v) to renounce, repudiate, or retract, especially with formal solemnity; recant
Avaricious(adj) greedy; covetous
Brandished(v) to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish
Chalice(n) a drinking cup or goblet
Desolate(adj) lonely; abandoned; deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited
Detraction(n) the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc; backbiting
Diminutive(adj) tiny; miniature; small
Direness(adj) causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible
Equivocation(n) lie; evasion or prevarication; an ambiguous expression especially in order to mislead
Interdiction ban, prohibit; taboo; forbid
Judicious thoughtful; sage; using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic
Laudable praiseworthy; commendable
Pernicious causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful
Plight a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one; predicament
Prate to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble; foolish talk
Recoil to draw back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust; to flinch; retreat
Sere withered
Tarry to delay or to be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc; linger or loiter
Verity the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality
Upbraid to find fault with or reproach severely; censure; scold; reprimand
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