Vocab 5 Flashcards
Cognizant
Informed; having knowledge of something; aware; mindful.
Effigy
A copy, image, likeness of a person, especially a person who is hated; a stuffed figure representing a hated person (commonly hanged or burned in public to show anger.)
Exacerbate
To make more intense or sharp; to aggravate; to make more bitter, violent, severe; to irritate.
Flout
To treat with contempt (often in regard to rules); to scorn; to disregard; to openly disrespect; to disdain.
(noun$ a mockery; an insult; a jeer.
Forthwith
Immediately; without delay; directly.
Fray
A noisy quarrel; a brawl; a battle; contention.
Implacable
Not to be appeased; not to be relieved, lessened, or assuaged; relentless, unforgiving, inexorable.
Indigent
Destitute; impoverished; needy; poor; lacking basic necessities.
Jurisdiction
The legal power or authority to hear and decide cases; power, authority; the territory over which authority is exercised.
Monolithic
Characterized by massiveness; invulnerability.
Paroxysm
A sudden violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion (laughter, shock, etc.); a severe attack or sudden increase in the intensity of disease.
Precocious
Unusually advanced or mature in development, especially pertaining to mental development.
Quell
To subdue; to suppress; to put an end to, extinguish; to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties.)
Reprehensible
Blameworthy; shameful; dishonorable; deserving of rebuke or censure.
Revert
To go back in action, thought, speech; to return to a former habit, or practice, condition.
