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Lesson 9vocab
lesson 9
Term | Definition |
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bilk | to cheat or swindle; to thwart |
homily | a sermon |
demise | death; a ceasing to exist |
emit | to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light |
decadence | moral deterioration |
aghast | feeling great dismay or horror |
granary | a storehouse for grain |
choleric | easily angered |
impede | to hinder; to obstruct |
qualm | a feeling of uneasiness |
lampoon | a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone |
narcissistic | conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration |
eradicate | to wipe out; to destroy |
fabricate | to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive |
ghastly | horrible; frightful |