Unit 14 Flashcards
armistice
a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce
amplify
to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend
arrogant
making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud
bland
pleasantly gentle or agreeable
Disclaim
to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown
Epoch
a particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc.
estrange
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of
gratify
to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings
Infinite
immeasurably great
irascible
easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
kindred
a group of persons related to another; family, tribe, or race.
Naive
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
niche
an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
obliterate
to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
ramshackle
loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house.
ransack
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
rote
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure: the rote of daily living.
solvent
able to pay all just debts.
tedious
marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
vendor
a person or agency that sells.
vending machine.
