vocab franken

vocabulary

Indelible

Indelible

That cannot be removed, washed away, or erased.

Venerable

Calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments.

Exculpate

To clear from alleged fault or guilt.

Execrate

To declare to be evil or detestable.

Wanton

Having no just foundation or provocation; malicious.

Ignominy

Deep personal humiliation and disgrace.

Obdurate

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.

Abhor

To regard with extreme repugnance; to feel hatred or loathing for.

Suffice

To meet or satisfy a need.

Ephemeral

Lasting a very short time.

Sublime

Lofty, grand, or exalted in thought, expression, or manner.

Fetter

Something that confines.

Scourge

To punish severely.

Assuage

To lessen the intensity of.

Hovel

A small, wretched, and often dirty house.

Purloin

To appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust.

Incommode

To give inconvenience or distress to.

Pensive

Musingly or dreamily thoughtful.

Mortification

The cause of such humiliation or shame.

Ravish

To seize and take away by violence.

Cursory

Rapidly and often superficially performed or produced.

Scion

Descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family.

Abject

Sunk to or existing in a low state or condition.

Squalid

Marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty.

Sally

A brief outbreak.

Emulate

To strive to equal or excel.

Noisome

Highly obnoxious or objectionable.

Expostulate

Discuss, examine.

Deprecate

To express disapproval of.

Canvas

To cover, line, or furnish with canvas.

Disquisition

A formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject.

Gall

Brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence.

Sagacity

To be keen and farsighted; penetration and judgment.

Consternation

Amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion.

Myriad

A great number.

Vestige

A trace, mark, or visible sign left by something vanished or lost.

Succor

Relief.

Redress

To set right.

Imprecate

To invoke evil on.

Imbibe

To receive into the mind and retain.

Sanguinary

Bloodthirsty, murderous.

Base

Lacking higher qualities of mind or spirit.

Blight

Something that impairs or destroys.

Undulation

A rising and falling in waves.