JC Vocab 4

abridge

to shorten, curtail, abbreviate

apt

appropriate, having a tendency

choleric

easily angered, hot tempered, irritable

confound

frustrate, baffle, confused

consort

to associate with, to keep company with

covert

secretive, hidden

covetous

desiring someone else's possessions or wealth, greedy

emulate

to imitate, to strive to equal

engender

to produce or create

gallant

courageous, valiant

malice

desire to cause pain, injury or distress to another, Viciousness

misconstrue

to mistake the meaning of, misinterpret

mirth

cheerfulness, merriment

nimble

resourceful, quick in mind or body, agile

peril

danger, serious risk

render

to deliver, to yield, to hand over

repeal

to cancel, recall, revoke

spurn

reject, refuse

venture

to take a risk , gamble

vile

repulsive, sinful