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Stadlier Oxford D
WCHS Unit 3-D
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| abridge | to make shorter |
| adherent | a follower suppoter attached sticking to |
| altercation | an angry argument |
| cherubic | resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful round or chubby face sweet and innocent |
| condone | to pardon or overlook |
| dissent | (v) to disagree; (n) disagreement |
| eminent | (adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; rojection |
| exorcise | (v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of somethng troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| fabricate | (v) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
| irate | (adj) angry |
| marauder | (n) a raider, plunderer |
| obseity | (n) excessive fatness |
| pauper | (n) an extremely poor person |
| pilfer | (v) to steal in small quanitities |
| rift | (n) a split, break, breach |
| semblance | (n) a likeness; an utward apppearance; an apparition |
| surmount | (v) to overcome, rise above |
| terminate | (v) to bring to an end |
| trite | (adj) commonplace; overused, stale |
| usurp | (v) to seize and hold a positon by force or without right |