Vocab words Flashcards
Evaluate
To determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
Prohibit
To forbid (an action, activity) by authority or law
Ex: smoking is prohibited here
Instigate
To cause by incitement; foment:mot instigate a quarrel.
Meander
To process by or take a winding or indirect course: the stream meandered through the valley.
Replenish
To make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish ones stock of food.
Resume
To begin again to occupy again.
Evacuate
To leave empty; vacate
Haggle
To bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner: They spent hours haggling over the price of fish.
Endorse
To approve, support, or sustain: to endorse a political candidate.
Baffle
To confuse, bewilder, or perplex: he was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
Premises
A proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion. Tract of land including it’s buildings
Deceit
The act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating;: once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again.
Compassion
a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
Skepticism
skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
Emphatic
uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
