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W.A.I lesson 9
English Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abjure | swear to give up |
| alacrity | willingness, liveliness, readiness |
| anathema | detested person or thing |
| behest | command or directive |
| centrifugal | moving or tending to move away from centre |
| charlatan | impostor |
| defection | desertion from duty |
| detonation | explosion |
| incendiary | tending to create strive and violence; flammable substance |
| lassitude | physical or mental weariness |
| retribution | retaliation, deserved revenge |
| ribald | obscene, mocking |
| specious | misleading, deceptive |
| sporadic | separate, unconnected, isolated, occasional |
| tacit | applied understanding |