WEEK 3 Flashcards
BILK
•to balk or thwart; to cheat or swindle; defraud; to get away with
ABROGATE
•to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act
DRUDGERY
•menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work
EVANESCENT
•vanishing; fading away; fleeting
EXPOSE
•to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition
fortuitous
•happening or produced by chance; accidental
laconic
•using few words; expressing much in few words; concise
motif
•a reoccurring and dominant idea or central theme : a single or repeated design
precarious
•dependent on circumstances beyond one’s control ; uncertain; unstable; insecure
servitude
•slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude
Traverse
•To travel or pass across, over, or through
trepidation
•a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension