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Week Five
Week Five Vocabulary Words
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amnesty (noun) | A general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution |
| Autonomy (noun) | Self-government, political control |
| Axiomatic (adjective) | Self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule, "taken for granted" |
| Blazon (verb) | To adorn or embellish; to publish or proclaim widely, to trumpet |
| Caveat (noun) | A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior, a "word to the wise" |
| Equitable (adjective) | Fair, just, embodying principles of justice, reasonable, evenhanded |
| Extricate (verb) | To free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort |
| Filch (verb) | To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts, to pilfer |
| Flout (verb) | To mock, treat with contempt, to snicker or sneer at |
| Fractious (adjective) | Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary |
| Precept (noun) | A rule of conduct or action, principle |
| Salutary (adjective) | Beneficial, helpful, curative, healthful |
| Scathing (adjective) | Bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm, harsh |
| Scourge (verb or noun) | Verb: To whip, punish severely Noun: A cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism |
| Sepulchral (adjective) | Extremely gloomy or dismal, mortuary, funereal |
| Soporific (adjective or noun) | Adjective: Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness Noun: Something that induces sleep, narcotic, anesthetic |
| Straitlaced (adjective) | Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical, stuffy |
| Transient (adjective or noun) | Adjective: Lasting only a short time, fleeting Noun: One who stays only a short time |
| Unwieldy (adjective) | Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity, cumbersome |
| Vapid (adjective) | Lifeless, colorless, dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, or liveliness |
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