vocab 2nd quarter week 1 and 2

Rapport

Relations, connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation

Notorious

Famous or well-known for some bad deed or quality

Vitriol

Something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism

Dissemination

The act of spreading quickly

Incumbent

The holder of an office

Unabated

With undiminished force, power, or vigor

Repudiate

To cast off or disown, to reject with disapproval or condemnation

Fiscal

Of or relating to government expenditures, revenues, and debt

Rancor

Bitterness or resentfulness, esp. when long- standing

Melee

Confusion, turmoil

Parity

Equality, as in amount, status, or character

Abet

To encourage or support, usually in wrongdoing

Fissure

A narrow opening

Morass

Any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement

Accord

An official agreement or treaty

Larceny

The wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the takers own use

Calamity

A great misfortune or disaster

Desiccated

Dehydrated, deprive of or remove the moisture from (typically to preserve)

Eviscerate

To deprive of vital content or force

Malignant

Very dangerous or harmful in influence or effect

Exorbitant

Exceeding all bounds, as of custom fairness

Palatable

Acceptable or agreeable to the mind or feeling

Impish

Mischievous

Arduous

Requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult

Obdurate

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; hardening in feelings, resistant to persuasion or softening influences

Deplore

To regret deeply or strongly; lament: to deplore the present state of morality

Perverse

Persistent in what is wrong; turned away from what is good or right

Intrepid

Fearless; adventurous

Axiom

A self evident or universally recognized truth; a maxim

Anomalous

Deviating from or inconsistent with the common order, form, or rule; irregular ; abnormal