03 Flashcards
Affable
Likable; friendly
Ailing
Sick; ill
Alias
False name
Appease
To calm; to soothe
Aptly
Appropriately
Arid
Dry
Ballad
Song that tells a story
Convex
Curved like the outer surface of a globe
Corrupt (adj., v.)
Wicked; to make morally bad
Courier
Messenger
Defame
To attack someone’s reputation
Deport
To send an unwanted person out of the country
Desolate
Isolated; alone
Detour
Path that goes off the main road
Dilute
To make weaker; to add water
Disintegration
Breaking into small pieces
Distillation
Purification
Dumbfound
To surprise; to stun
Emend
To correct a text
Enfeeble
To weaken
Expulsion
Removal; rejection
Fluctuate
To rise and fall; to shift; to change back and forth
Fret
To worry
Gauge
Instrument used for measuring; to measure