Unit 14 Flashcards
To make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like
Amplify
A temporary peace, halt in fighting
Armistice
Haughty, too convinced of one’s own importance
Arrogant
Gentle, soothing, mild
Bland
To deny interest in or connection with
Disclaim
A distinct period of time, age
Epoch
To drift apart or become unfriendly
Estrange
To please, satisfy
Gratify
Exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless
Infinite
Easily made angry, hot-tempered
Irascible
A person’s relatives
Kindred
Innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience
Naive
A decorative recess in a wall
Niche
To blot out completely, destroy utterly
Obliterate
Appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky
Ramshackle
To search or examine thoroughly
Ransack
Unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something
Rote
Able to meet one’s financial obligations
Solvent
Long and tiresome
Tedious
A person who sells something
Vendor
Lacking interest or taste
Bland
To give up all claim to
Disclaim
To cause such a separation
Estrange
To indulge or humor
Gratify
An incalculable number, the concept of infinity
Infinite
A family relationship
Kindred
A suitable place or position for a person or thing
Niche
To rob, plunder
Ransack
Based on a mechanical routine
Rote
Having the power to dissolve other substances
Solvent
To remove or keep at a distance
Estrange
A name for God
Infinite
A liquid used to dissolve other substances
Solvent
Related by blood
Kindred
Something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens
Solvent
Like, similar
Kindred
