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Unit 5 Vocabularyy
Unit 5 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Flout | (v.) to mock, to treat with contempt |
| Caveat | (n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior |
| Blazon | (v.) to adorn, or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
| Filch | (v.) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
| Fractious | (adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly; quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
| Equitable | (adj.) fair, just, embodying principles of justice |
| Autonomy | (n.) self-government, political control |
| Addendum | (n.) An addition or supplement designed to increase correctness; completeness or currency |
| Amnesty | (n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness |
| Axiomatic | (adj.) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule |
| Extricate | (v.) to free from entanglements or difficulties; remove with effort |
| Soporific | (adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep |
| Scathing | (adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
| Unwieldy | (adj.) not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size and complexity |
| Vapid | (adj.) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force |
| Prognosticate | (v.) to predict, especially on the basis of present medications or signs, fore token |
| Sepulchral | (adj.) funeral, typical or the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal |
| Salutary | (adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthy, wholesome |
| Strait laced | (adj.) extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical |
| Scourge | (v.) to whip, punish severely; (n.) a cause of affliction or suffering; a sources of severe punishment or criticism |
| Precept | (n.) a rule of conduct or action |
| Transient | (adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time |