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tkam vocab ch. 20-31
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| corrupting | to destroy the integrity of;cause to be dishonest |
| perpetrated | to commit |
| iota | very small quantity |
| unmitigated | not softened or lessened |
| temerity | reckless bondness, rashness |
| acquit | to relieve from a charge or crime |
| feral | not domesticated, wild |
| ruefully | causing sorrow or pity |
| heathen | irreligious; uncultured |
| wryly | devious in course or purpose |
| furtive | taken, alone, used, secret, sly |
| statue | enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document |
| vehement | strongly emotional |
| wary | watchful |
| squalid | foul; repulsive |
| impertinence | irrelevance, absurdity |
| devout | devoted to divine worship |
| brevity | shortness of time or duration |
| recluse | in seclusion or apart |
| spurious | not genuine |
| notoriety | widely known |
| florid | reddish;flowery; rosy |
| repertoire | entire stocks of skill |
| irascible | easily provoked to anger |
| gait | manner of walking |
| divinity | the quality of being divine |
| reprimand | a severe reproof or rebuke |
| wisteria | climbing shrub |
| connived | to cooperate secretly |