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5th.JMontanez
Sadlier Vocabulary Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atone | to make up for |
| bondage | slavery any state of being held down or being bound |
| credible | believable |
| defray | to pay for |
| diligent | hardworking,industrious,not lazy |
| doleful | sad, dreary |
| ghastly | frightful, horrible |
| hamper | to hold back |
| hew | to shape or cut down with an ax |
| impoverished: | poor, in a state of poverty, depleted |
| incessant | never stopping,going on all the time |
| intricate | complicated, difficult to understand |
| lucid | easy to understand,clear |
| posthumous | occurring or published after death |
| prim | overly neat, proper |
| sardonic | grimly. Or scornfully mocking, sarcastic |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or required |
| supplant | to take the place of, supersede |
| taunt | to jeer at, mock |
| tenacious | holding together firmly |
| adieu | fairwell |
| advent | an arrival, a coming into place or view |
| apex- | the highest point, tip |
| assimilate | to absorb fully; to adopt as one’s own, adapt fully |
| bogus | false,counterfeit |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high, excessive |
| Interim | the time between |
| Inundate | to flood, overflow,to overwhelm by numbers or size |
| malign | to speak evil of, slander |
| meander | to wander about, wind about |
| metropolis | a large city,the chief city of an area. |
| momentous | very important |
| obstreperous | noisy |
| pensive | thoughtful,melancholy |
| perilous | dangerous |
| shoddy | of poor quality , characterized by inferior workmanship |
| sprightly | lively,full of life; spicy, flavorful |
| surly | angry and bad tempered;rude |
| tirade | a long, angry speech, usually very critical |
| vagrant | wandering endlessly |
| assurance | a pledge; freedom from doubt, self-confidence |
| asylum | a place of safety |
| console | to comfort |
| dilate | to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon |
| dross | refuse, waste products |
| dwindle | to lessen, diminish |
| flippant | lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy |
| immunity | resistance to disease; freedom from some charge or obligation |
| institute | to establish, set up |
| liability | a debt; something disadvantageous |
| preposterous | ridiculous, senseless |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome, fond of fighting |
| rabid | furious, violently intense, unreasonably extreme, mad; infected with rabies |
| realm | a kingdom; a region or field of study |
| rejuvenate | to make young again; to make like new |
| remunerate | to reward, pay, reimburse |
| sparse | meager, scant; scattered |
| sterling | genuine, excellent; made of silver of standard fineness |
| venture | a risky or daring undertaking |
| warp | to twist out of shape |
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