Vocab 7 Quiz (Taylor's Version)

abhor

abhor

(v) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

amend

(v) to change in a formal way/for the better

buffet

(v) to slap/strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows/to force one's way with difficulty (n) a slap/blow

chaos

(n) great confusion, disorder

commodious

(adj) roomy, spacious

corrosive

(adj) eating away gradually, acidlike, bitterly sarcastic

discern

(v) to see clearly, recognize

extant

(adj) still existing, not exterminated, destroyed or lost

implicate

(v) to involve in; to connect with or be related to

inter

(v) to bury, commit to the earth, to consign to oblivion

martinet

(n) a strict disciplinarian, stickler for the rules

obviate

(v) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose. of

renegade

(n) one who leaves a group, outlaw (adj) traitorous, unconventional, unorthodox

reprehensible

(adj) deserving blame or punishment

somber

(adj) dark, gloomy, depressed or melancholy in spirit

squalid

(adj) filthy, wretched, debased

turbulent

(adj) disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy

vociferous

(adj) loud and noisy, compelling attention

voluminous

(adj) of great size, numerous, writing or speaking at great lengths

waive

(v) to do without, give up voluntarily, to put off temporarily