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Eng I Level E unit 7
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.) great confusion, disorder |
commodious | (adj.) roomy, spacious |
corrosive | (adj.) eating away gradually, acidlike; 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.) traitorous, 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 |