Vocab Week 2 Flashcards
Aberration
a state or condition markedly different from the norm
Abet
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
Abhor
feel hatred or disgust toward
Beguile
attract; cause to to be enamored
Benign
kind in disposition or manner
Berate
disapprove of severely or angrily
Bereft
lacking or deprived of something
Capacious
large in the amount that can be contained
Capitulate
surrender under agreed conditions
Capricious
determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
Deferential
showing courteous regard for people’s feelings
Defile
make dirty or spotty
Deft
skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
Efficacious
giving the power to produce an intended result
Effrontery
audacious behavior that you have no right to