Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Vocab 8

flout: to openly disregard
caveat: a notice or warning

blazon: to proclaim widely
filch: to steal casually
fractious: bad tempered; easily irritated
equitable: fair or impartial
autonomy: self governing
addendum: in addition
amnesty: forgiveness for a pass offense
axiomatic: self-evident; unquestionable
extricate: free from constraint or difficulty
soporific: medicine inducing sleep
scathing: critical or scornful.
unwieldy: diffucult to carry or move because of size.
vapid: boring; not stimulating or challenging
prognosticate: foretell a future event
sepulchral: gloomy or dismal
salutary: positive effect; beneficial
straitlaced: exaggeratedly proper
scourge: a whipped used as punishment
precept: A rule used to regulate.
transient: impermanent

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