List 23 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