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UNIT 14 VOCAB
SET A + B
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| armistice | temporary peace, halt in fighting |
| bland | gentle, smooth, mild, lacking in taste or interest |
| disclaim | to deny interest in or connection with, to give up all claim to |
| gratify | to please, satisfy, to indulge in humor |
| infinite | exceedingly great, without limit, endless |
| naive | innocent, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience |
| niche | a decorative recess in a wall, a suitable place for a person or thing |
| ransack | to search or examine thoroughly, to rob or plunder |
| solvent | able to meet ones financial obligations, having the power to dissolve other substances |
| tedious | long and tiresome |
| amplify | to make stronger, larger, greater or louder |
| arrogant | haughty, too convinced of ones's importance |
| epoch | a distinct period of age or time |
| estrange | to drift apart or become unfriendly, to cause such a separation |
| irascible | easily made angry, hot-tempered |
| kindered | a person's relatives,, a family relationship, related by blood, similar |
| obliterate | to blot out completely, destroy utterly |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse, loose, shaky |
| rote | unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed ore mechanical way of doing something |
| vendor | a person who sells something |