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Vocab unit 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abhor | (v.) To regard with horror or loathing; to hate; to hate deeply |
| Amend | (v.) To change in a formal way; to change for the better |
| Buffet | (v.) To slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; (n.) a slap, blow |
| Chaos | (n.) great confusion, disorder |
| Commodious | (adj.) Roomy, spacious |
| Corrosive | (adj.) Eating away gradually, acid-like; bitterly sarcastic |
| Discern | (v.) To see clearly, recognize |
| Extant | (adj.) Still existing, not exterminated, destroyed, or lost |
| Implicate | (v.) To involve in, to connect with or be related to |
| Inter | (v.) To bury, commit to the earth, to consign to oblivion |
| Martinet | (n.) A strict disciplinarian, a stickler for the rules |
| Obviate | (v.) To anticipate and prevent, to remove, dispose of |
| Rengade | (n.) One who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (adj.( Traitorous; unconventional, unorhodox |
| Reprehensible | (adj.) Deserving blame or punishment |
| Somber | (adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit |
| Squalid | (adj.) Filthy, wretched, debased |
| Turbulent | (adj.) Disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy |
| Vociferous | (adj.) Loud and noisy; compelling attention |
| Voluminous | (adj.) Of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length |
| Wavie | (v.) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer |