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vocab 3 notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amity noun | friendship syn: peaceful harmony ant: disagreement, hostility |
| cater verb | to supply what is needed or desired, especially support or food syn: provide contribute ant: neglect reject |
| guise noun | a false appearance syn: semblance |
| inconsequential adj | of little or no importance irrelevant without consequences syn: unnecessary unrelated ant: appropriate important |
| jubilant adj | joyous especially during success syn: elated happy ant:depressed, disappointed |
| placate verb | to calm to pacify syn: aprease satisfy ant: enrage anger |
| preclude verb | to prevent syn: prohibit, forbid ant: allow, permit |
| repress verb | to hold back or put down with force to suppress syn: restrain stifle ant: release permit |
| saturate verb | to fill or soak to capacity syn: drench, permeate, infuse ant:desiccate, sear, parch |
| slake verb 1 | to satisfy to quence syn: fulfill please |
| slake verb 2 | to make less intense syn: migrate diminish ant: intensify amplify |
| sortie noun 1 | a flight of a combat aircraft on a mission |
| sortie noun 2 | an armed attack, especially against surrounding enemy forces syn:maneuver assault |
| succumb verb | to submit reluctantly, to yield syn: give in surrender ant: withstand resist |
| tranquil adj | calm peaceful syn: placid ant: bustling busy |
| venomous adj | poisonous syn: toxic lethal ant: harmless, innocent, safe |
| venomous adj | intentionally harmful, malevolent syn: malicious spiteful cruel ant: benevolent, benign kind |
| wrest verb | to obtain through force usually twist and turning violently syn: wring, wrench |