Vocab unit 3 Flashcards
Abdicate
to officially renounce power or neglect to complete a responsibility or duty
Augment
to make greater, as in size,quantity and strength; to supplement
Elucidate
to make clear or plain especially by explanation
Impeccable
not capable of sin; faultless
Indomitable
not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable
Insurgent
rising in active revolt against constituted authority
Penitent
feeling sorrow for one’s sins and being willing to repent
Pestilent
tending to destroy life; dangerous to the moral, social, or political welfare of society
Procrastinate
to put off doing something until a future time; to postpone habitually
Ruminate
to chew cud; to meditate or reflect on
Strident
loud, harsh, and grating
Vulnerable
susceptible to wounds; open to attack
hypo-
under, below
ob-
against, toward, completely
pro-
for, before, forward