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Vocab 9
I HATE QUIZLET
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Auspicious | conducive to success; favorable |
| Contempt | the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn. |
| Defile | to pollute; to corrupt (make unclean/desecrate) |
| Impassive | not feeling or showing emotion |
| Insolence | rude and disrespectful behavior |
| Sate | to satisfy fully |
| Connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word |
| Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. |
| Edict | an order issued by someone in authority |
| Anarchist | person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
| Sentry | a soldier stationed to keep guard or to control access to a place |
| Eddy | a current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, esp. in a circular motion |
| Demoralizing | discouraging |
| Yoke | to join together to control |
| Subordinate | lower in rank or position |
| Absolve | to clear of guilt or blame |
| Piety | the quality of being religious or reverent |
| Brazen | bold and without shame; made of brass |
| Implacable | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful; relentless |
| Augury | prophecy; prediction of events |