A TALE OF TWO CITES EXAM STUDY GUIDE VOCAB EDITION

give over to another for care or safekeeping

consign

surrender under agreed conditions

capitulate

difficult or impossible to understand

inserutable

suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial

funereal

act so as to bring into existence

effect

deeply or seriously thoughtful

brooding

the trait of having wisdom and good judgement

sagacity

worthy of adoration or reverence

sublime

a period during which something or somebody is dominant

reign

a state of extreme poverty

deprivation

conformity to one’s own sense of right conduct

conscience

without change, in every case

invariably

reflect deeply on a subject

muse

give expression to

evince

relating to or involving money

pecuniary

smear as to make dirty or stained

besmirch

an instrument from which a person is executed by hanging

gallows

necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding

imcumbent

with efficiency; in a efficient manner

expeditiously

the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight

evanscence

foul and run-down and repulsive

squalid

a disposition free from stress or emotion

repose

having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

stolid

impossible to prevent, resist, or stop

inexorable

very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold

emaciated

causing dejection

dismal

a feeling of alarm or dread

trepidation

direct ones attention to

pore

express strong disapproval of; deplore

deprecate

capacity or power to produce a desired effect

efficacy

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

refractory

utter in a very loud voice

vociferate

occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company

convival

consider carefully; consider deeply

cogitate

a wooden instrument of punishment on a post

pillory

an accusation of wrongdoing

indictment

a mild rebuke or criticism

reproach

indicating favorable circumstances and good luck

auspicious

deny or renounce

abnegate

kill as a sacrifice especially by fire

immolate

beyond doubt or reproach

unimpeachable

a person who brings an action in a court of law

plaintiff

marked by unwillingness to yeild

obsinate

speak unfavorably about

malign

expressing sorrow

plaintive

leniency and compassion shown toward offenders

clemency

findings of a jury on issues submitted to it for a decision

verdict

a large gathering of people

throng

intensity or forcefulness of expression

vehemence

most unfortunate or miserable

abject

an assembly to conduct judicial business

tribunal

decalred not guilty of a specific offense or crime

acquitted

a british lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law

barrister

a shackle for the ankles and feet

fetter

uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

incessant

a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed

compunction

suitable for your needs

congenial

artfully persuasive in speech

glib

unscrupulous

without principals

unhealthy looking

sallow

despite anything to the contrary

notwithstanding

impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear

inaudible

softened in tone

subdued

incapable of failure or error

infallible

haul or throw violently

precipitate

caused to become imperfect

mar

of imposing height; especially standing out above others

lofty

strip the skin off

flay

in a friendly manner

amicably

of or relating to the sense of smell

olfactory

with care and persistence

assiduously

a preceding occurrence or cause or event

antecedent

cause to lose one’s composure

discomfit

attribute of being short or fleeting

brevity

furnish with a frame of iron bars

grate

being of questionable authenticity

apocryphal

firm in purpose or belief

resolute

a period of fourteen consecutive days

fortnight

in a secretive manner

furtively

moving quickly and lightly

nimble

precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable

explicit

conclude by reasoning

infer

Mae less active or intense

abate

the quality of being faithful

fidelity

marked by or shoeing hopelessness

forlorn

colluded as with sediment

turbid

a situation from which extrication is difficult

plight

a piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose

implement

the overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land

inundation

a small or taken amount

modicum

a social class separated by distinctions of hereditary rank

caste

reduced in strength

attenuated

fortification consisting of a law wall

parapet

very generous

munificent

potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

latent

expressive of law opinion r

disparaging

tear down so as to make flat with the ground

raze

showing sorrow

dolorous

confidently optimistic and cheerful

sanguine