Unit Three Flashcards
defer
to give in
endeavor
to try
equate
to consider to be the same
impose
to selfishly bother
indignant
angry
inevitable
unavoidable
malicious
mean
option
a choice
passive
inactive
patron
a customer
adapt
to become accustomed
dismay
to discourage
exile
a separation from one’s homeland
gesture
a signal
recede
to go back
reciprocate
to pay back
refute
to show to be wrong
retain
to hold onto
revert
to go back
ritual
a ceremony
elaborate
detailed
emerge
to come out
exotic
foreign
frugal
thrifty
impulsive
acting without planning
indifferent
unconcerned with
indulgent
giving in
liberal
generous
mediocre
average
notable
well-known
affirm
to state
alleged
assumed
allude
to hint at
coerce
to force
elite
best
essence
the main part
immunity
freedom
impair
to harm
query
to ask
sadistic
cruel
plausible
believable
provoke
to anger
recur
to happen again
reprimand
a scolding
revoke
to cancel
ridicule
to make fun of
shrewd
smart
skeptical
doubtful
sterotype
an oversimplified image
tactic
a method