Vocab List 2-TSL Flashcards
Antipathy
Noun, a strong dislike or aversion
Depredation
Noun,to plunder (to take by force)
Estrange
Verb, to alienate or be removed from traditional customs
Machinations
Noun, the act scheming or craftily planning
Odious
Adjective, deserving of hatred or repugnance
Propensity
Noun, natural preference
Sedulous
Adjective, careful perseverance, diligence in pursuit
Colloquy
Noun, Dialogue, conference
Dissolute
Adjective, lacking restraint, especially regarding an indulgence in something
Imbibe
Verb, to take in and retain (or drink)
Nugatory
Adjective, to have little to no consequence
Plebian
Noun, common people
Propinquity
Noun, kinship /proximity
Subjugate
Verb, to conquer, to bring under control
Deleterious
Adjective, to harm in an unexpected or subtle way
Duplicity
Noun, Contradictory doubling of thoughts, speech, or action or giving false impression of true intentions by deceptive words/action
Imperious
Adjective, arrogant assurance, domineering, commanding, urgent
Obeisance
Noun, acknowledgement of someone else’s superiority, movement of the body in submission
Potentate
Noun, ruler, to wield great power
Repugnance
Noun, the fact or insistence of being contradictory/great dislike
Vicissitude
Noun, the state of being changeable/natural change or mutation/favorable or unfavorable event that occurs by chance/a difficulty of life or course of action beyond one’s reach/alternating change, succession
Denizen
Noun, inhabitant
Effluence
Noun, to flow out
Lurid
Adjective, horror, revulsion, gruesome
Obviate
Verb, to anticipate and prevent
Preternatural
Adjective, to exist outside of nature
Retribution
Noun, recompensation, reward
