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LA Vocab Unit 7
Matching Test #1 of 4 for Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abhor | detest, despise |
| amend | change in a formal way; to change for the better |
| buffet | strike repeatedly, drive or foce with blows, force ones way with difficulty, toss about |
| chaos | great confusion, disorder |
| commodious | roomy, spacious, comfortable, capacious |
| corrosive | eating away gradually, acidlike, bitterly sarcastic |
| discren | see clearly, recognize, perceive |
| extant | still existing, not exterminated, surviving |
| implicate | to involve in, to connect with or be related to, entangle |
| inter | to bury, consign to oblivion |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian, a stickler for the rules, taskmaster, slave driver |
| obviate | remove, prevent, dispose of |
| renegade | one who leaves a group, deserter, outlaw, traitor, turncoat, defector |
| reprehensible | deserving blame or punishment, objectionable, blameworthy, culpable |
| somber | dark, gloomy, depressed, melancholy, mournful, dismal |
| squalid | filthy, wretched, debased, dingy, sordid, foul |
| turbulent | disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy, tumultuous, unruly |
| vociferous | loud and noisy, compelling attention, clamorous, uproarious |
| voluminous | of great size, numerous, writing or speaking at great length |
| waive | to do without, give up voluntarily, defer, relinquish, forgo |