2nd Nine Weeks Vocab

abstemious

sparing (usually in eating or drinking); temperate 

 admonish

to caution, to advise, or to counsel against something 

antiquity

 the quality of being ancient; ancient times 

 censure

to blame or to condemn 

chasten

to discipline, to use punishment to correct behavior 

 debunk

to expose the falseness or hypocrisy of something 

defile

to make dirty, to desecrate, to pollute 

embroil

to entangle, to throw into confusion or strife 

exorcise

to expel an evil spirit, to get rid of something troublesome 

 fortuitous

something that happens by accident or chance (usually good) 

garner 

to gather together, to store up 

 humility

 the quality or state of being humble in spirit 

larceny

the act of stealing another's property 

parch

 to become dry from heat, to shrivel from heat 

parry

to deflect or to ward off a blow 

porous

 something that permits the passage of substances through pores 

precipitate

to cause to speedily occur, to throw headlong 

ratify

to give formal approval 

rupture

 to break apart, to burst 

 taper

to decrease in thickness or width 

Arduous

very difficult to acomplish or to acheive, very demanding task

belligerent

waging war, inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness

desecrate

to violate the sanctity of something,to profane, to adulterate

diffuse

to spread in all directions

dispatch

to send away with promptness or speed; speed, quickness

dupe

to trick, to fool, to deceive, or to cheat, to bilk

expurgate

to remove obscene or objectionable material, usually before publication

flout

to treat with contempt

galling

very irritating

guileless

without deceit

hackneyed

trite,banal, lacking freshness

loquacious

very talkative

luscious

very pleasant to the taste

mollify

to soothe or to appease, to assuage

reconcile

to reestablish friendship, to resolve dispute

sagacious

wise, shrewd, very discerning

solicitous

worried, concerned

succulent

very juicy

tempestuous

turbulent, stormy

utility

usefulness