martin vocab unit 2

benevolent

marked by kindness or generosity : disposed to doing good

bon mot

a clever remark

canvassing

the act of seeking votes or opinions

categorically

: in a categorical way:

censure

a judgment involving condemnation

comrades

an intimate friend or associate

complicity

: association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act

conciliatory

: intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate

countenance

look, expression

counteract

to make ineffective or restrain or neutralize the usually ill effects of by means of an opposite force, action, or influence

cynical

having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic:

deputation

the act of appointing a deputy

disinter

: to take out of the grave or tomb

ecstasy

a state of overwhelming emotion

ensconced

shelter, conceal

flanked

: the right or left of a formation

flourished

to grow luxuriantly

fortnight

a period of 14 days

ignominous

deserving of shame or infamy

impromptu

made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment

incumbent

indefatigable

indignation

innovations

intermediary

lamentation

machinations

maxim

morose

obstinate

oration

parasitical

pervading

posthumously

preliminary

pretext

procured

proprietors

repose

retribution

scored

skulking

sordid

strategem

taciturn

treachery

tyranny

vices

vivacious

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