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Vocabulary
Unit 5 - Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amnesty | (n) a general pardon for an offense against a governmenrt: in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution |
| autonomy | (n) self- government, political control |
| axiomatic | (adj) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule |
| blazon | (v) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously: to publish or proclaim widely |
| caveat | (n) a warning or caveat to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior |
| equitable | (adj) fair, just emboyding principles of justice |
| excitricate | (v) to free from entanglements or dificulties; to remove with effort |
| filch | (v) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
| flout | (v) to mock, treat with contempt |
| fractious | (adj) tending to troublesome; unruly, qurrarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
| precect | (n) a rule of conduct or action |
| salutary | (adj) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome |
| scathing | (adj) bitterly severe, withering, causin great harm |
| scourge | (v) to whip, punish severely; (n) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or critisism |
| soporific | (adj) tending to cause lack of sleep, relating to sleepiness or lathargy; (n) something that induces sleep |
| sepulchral | (adj) funereal, typical of a tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal |
| straitlaced | extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical |
| transient | (adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting: (n) one who stays only a short time |
| unwieldy | (adj) not easily carried, handles, managed because of size or complexity |
| vapid | (adj) dull, uninteresting tiresome; lacing in sharpness, flavor, liveliness or force |