Vocab 8 Flashcards
to release from guilt or blame or consequences; to release from duty, obligation, or responsibility
Absolve - v
hard to understand, not obvious
Abstruse - adj
to happen as a natural growth or increase; to accumulate or be added periodically
Accrue - v
to place in proper or desired order; to marshal
Array - v
extremely irritable, easily moved to excessive and often unreasonable anger; irascible
Choleric - adj
scorn, haughtiness
Disdain - n
intimidation by threat or force
Duress - n
to produce, or cause; to give rise to
Engender - v
prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful; thrifty
Frugal - adj
to acquire by effort; to earn
Garner - v
insidious cunning in attaining a goal
Guile - n
to speak falsely or misleadingly
Prevaricate - v
reddish, ruddy, as in complexion
Sanguine - adj
having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right
Scrupulous - adj
grossly or viciously abusive
Scurrilous - adj
