Unit 11 Vocabulary Flashcards
Abrogate
-Verb: To repeal, cancel, declare null and void
Ambient
-Adjective: Completely surrounding, encompassing
Asperity
-Noun: roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
Burnish
- Verb: To make smooth or glossy by rubbing, Polish
- Noun: Gloss, brightness, luster
Cabal
-Noun: a small group working in secret
Delectable
- Adjective: Delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory
- Noun: An appealing or appetizing food or dish
Deprecate
-Verb: to express mild disapproval; to belittle
Detritus
- Noun: loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away
- fragments that result from any destruction
Ebullient
-Adjective: Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
Eclectic
Adjective: Drawn from different sources
Noun: One whose beliefs are drawn from various sources
Flaccid
-Adj: Limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness
Impecunious
-Adj: Having little or no money
Inexorable
-Adj: inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding
Moribund
-Adj: dying, on the way out
Necromancer
-N: one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard
Onerous
-Adj: burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty
Rife
- Adj: common, prevalent, widespread, happening often
- full, abounding
- Plentiful, abundant, replete
Rudiments
-Noun plural: the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything
Sequester
-Verb: to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody
Winnow
-V: to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan
