Vocab 6

abominable

Repugnantly hateful; very unpleasant, detestable, loathsome.

abscond

To leave secretly and hide.

capitulate

To surrender.

castigate

To punish or subdue with punishment; to criticize with drastic severity.

comatose

Lethargic, unconscious.

consolidate

To make solid; to unite or to merge.

despondency

Depression; dejection.

destitution

The state of being extremely poor; in extreme want.

eddy

A current of air or water moving contrary to the main current.

enfranchise

To give or bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship.

ennoble

To elevate; to raise in rank.

fecund

Capable of reproducing; intellectual productivity.

inebriation

Drunkenness; intoxication.

inopportune

Inconvenient; poorly timed.

inviolable

Secure from violation or from being profaned.

nonchalance

Indifference or showing of little interest.

prevarication

Evasiveness or lie.

primordial

Original; existing at the beginning (usually relates to time).

punctilious

Stressing precise following of instructions, details, codes or conduct.

remonstrate

To protest; to make objections often in a forceful or earnest manner.

rudimentary

Consisting in first principles; of a primitive kind; relating to basic skills.

sonnet

A fourteen line form of poetry.

tantamount

Equivalent in value or significance.

turgid

Swollen.

vestigial

Something in an underdeveloped form.