Dystopian Lit - Vocab 5

Fractious

disobedient, unruly, quarrelsome

Extricate

disentangle, to free from difficulties, to remove with effort

Straitlaced

morally strict; puritanical

Precept

principle of action or behavior

Unwieldy

not easily carried or managed because of size or complexity; cumbersome

Scourge

the cause of suffering, a source of great harm and suffering, plague

Amnesty

pardon or forgiveness for a crime or wrongdoing

Flout

to disregard, ignore or scorn disrespectfully, mock

Axiomatic

self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule

Soporific

causing sleep

Transient

temporary, lasting for a short time

Caveat

a warning or caution

Sepulchral

gloomy and tomblike, funeral-like

Vapid

dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

Salutary

beneficial and helpful to one's health

Blazon

to display noticeably; proclaim, broadcast

Equitable

fair, equal, just

Autonomy

self-government, independent

Filch

to steal little things sneakily; to pilfer

Scathing

bitterly critical, withering; causing great harm