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Vocab Unit 7 D E
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 7 Definitions 10th Grade Level E
Question | Answer |
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Abhor | v. to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply |
Amend | v. to change in a formal way; to change for the better |
Buffet | v. to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; n. a slap, blow |
Chaos | n. a great confusion, disorder |
Commodious | adj. roomy, spacious |
Corrosive | adj. eating away gradually, acid like, bitterly sarcastic |
Discern | v. to see clearly, recognize |
Extant | adj. still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost |
Implicate | v. to involve in; to connect with or be related to |
Inter | v. to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion |
Martinet | n. a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules |
Obviate | v. to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of |
Renegade | n. one who leaves a group; a deserter; outlaw; adj. unconventional, unorthodox |
Reprehensible | adj. deserving blame or punishment |
Somber | adj. dark, gloomy, depressed or melancholy in spirit |
Squalid | adj. filthy, wretched, debased |
Turbulent | adj. disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy |
Vociferous | adj. loud and noisy; compelling attention |
Voluminous | adj. of great size; numerous writing or speaking at great length |
Waive | v. to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer |