Vocabulary 1 Flashcards
To make greater, richer, more powerful
Aggrandize
Lacking freshness or originally; commonplace, ordinary
Banal
Trickery, especially in legal dealing; the use of subterfuge or trickery in debate
Chicanery
To indicate
Denote
One who organizes and manages a business, assuming the risk of profit or loss
Entrepreneur
An inanimate object thought to have inherent magical powers, and therefore worshiped
Fetish
Hatefully bad or wicked; abominable
Heinous
Thinking deeply or seriously, often or sad or melancholy things
Pensive
To evoke resentment in
Pique
Expressing sorrow; mournful
Plaintive
Forceful and effective; keen; penetrating
Trenchant
Green with growing plants or grass; green in color
Verdant
To exaggerate
Aggrandize
Anything irrationally reverenced; obsession
Fetish
To arouse
Pique