Unit 1-6: Definitions Flashcards
Abscond
To run off and hide
Accomplice
A peron who takes part in a crime
Adjourn
To stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
Admonish
To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
Alien
A citizen of another country
Foreign, strange
Altercation
An angry argument
Anarchy
A lack of government and law; confusion
Annihilate
To destroy completely
Arduous
Hard to do, requiring much effort
Atone
To make up for
Auspicious
Favorable; fortunate
Biased
Foavoring one side unduly; prejudice
Bondage
Slavery; any state of being bound or held down
Brigand
A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
Catalyst
A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change
Compensate
To make up for; to repay for services
Condone
To pardon or overlook
Credible
Believable
Deadlock
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fraction
To bring to such a standstill
Debris
Scattered fragments, wreckage
Diffuse
To spread or scatter freely or widely
Wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
Dilemma
A difficult or perplexing situation or problem
Disentangle
To free from tangles or complications
Erratic
Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable
Exorcise
To drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
Fodder
Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
Illegible
Difficult or impossible to read
Impoverished
Poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
Incessant
Never stopping, going on all the time
Incorrigible
Not able to be corrected; beyond control
Intrepid
Very brave, fearless, unshakable
Larceny
Theft
Latent
Hidden, present but not realized
Lucid
Easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
Marauder
A raider, plunderer
Mediocre
Average, ordinary, undistinguished
Militant
Given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause
An activist
Opaque
Not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense stupid
Pauper
An extremely poor person
Perennial
Lasting for a long time, persistent
A plant that lives for many years
Prattle
To talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble
Baby talk; babble
Prim
Overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish
Proliferate
To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
Rebut
To offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute
Rectify
To make right, correct
Sardonic
Exceeding what is sufficent or required, excess
Semblance
A likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
Slapdash
Careless and hasty
Stagant
Not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull
Supplant
To take the place of, supersede
Tenacious
Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
Trite
Commonplace; overused, stale
