Word set - Week 15 Flashcards
Liquidation
Disposal of, killing
Complicity
Partnership in wrongdoing
Accomplice
An associate in crime
Recant
Withdraw previous statements
Culpable
Deserving blame, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible
Abrogate
Abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, quash, repeal, rescind, void
Alleged
Reported, supposed
Access
Admittance
Invalidate
To deprive of legal force, to nullify
Synonyms: abrogate, annul, negate
Preclude
Prevent, avert, obviate, help, forestall
Persevere
Persist
Landmark
Historic, turning point of a period
Extrinsic
Foreign, external, coming from outside
Declaim
Speak loudly in formal manner, discourse, lecture, orate
Fetter
To hamper, to restraint from motion, action, or progress, curb
Paragon
Model of excellence, nonpareil
Nomadic
Wandering, roaming, vagabond, vagrant
Asperity
Harshness of temper, acrimony, bitterness, virulence
Epithet
Descriptive name
Controversial
Debatable, disputable