Vocab Flashcards
Auger
A tool with a helical bit for boring holes in wood
Contiguous
Touching, in contact
Corroborate
To make more certain, confirm
Contentious
Tending to argument or strife, quarrelsome
Defamation
The act ofdefaming, false or unjustified injury of the good reputation
Immaculate
Free of spot/stain
Enrapture
To be delighted beyond measure
Qualm
Doubt, an uneasy feeling
Compunction
Regret, feeling of guilt after doing something
Perplex
To cause to be puzzled or bewildered
Slovenly
Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits
Inquisition
An investigation where individual rights are disregarded
Adamant
Utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all urgings
Licentious
Sexually unrestrained, lewd, immoral
Beguile
To influence by trickery, flattery, mislead