Day 10-12 Flashcards
Disillusion
To free from or deprive of illusion
Sporadic
Infrequent, irregular
Conflagration
Destructive fire
Amalgamate
To mix, to combine
Aberration
Something different from the usual
Analogous
Comparable, similar, parallel
Deride
To scoff, ridicule, mock
Patrician
Aristocrat
Chide
To scold, express disapproval
Resuscitate
To revive, to bring back to life
Insolence
An attitude or behavior that is bold and disrespectful
Substantiate
To verify or support by evidence
Belie
To present a false or contradictory argument
Coalesce
To grow together or cause to unite as one
Equanimity
Calmness, composure
Truculent
Aggressive, hostile, belligerent
Abstruse
Difficult to understand
Unequivocal
Absolute, certain
Esoteric
Understood by only a learned few
Stilted
Stifle, unnatural
Presumptuous
Going beyond the limits of courtesy or appropriateness
Pedagogue
Teacher
Restitution
Act of compensating for loss or damage
Exacerbate
To aggravate, worsen