English I Vocabulary List #9

bilk

to cheat or swindle; to thwart

homily

a sermon

bilk

to cheat or swindle; to thwart

homily

a sermon

demise

death; a ceasing to exist

emit

to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light

decadence

moral deterioration

aghast

feeling great dismay or horror

granary

a storehouse for grain

choleric

easily angered

impede

to hinder; to obstruct

qualm

a feeling of uneasiness

lampoon

a written satire used to ridicule or attack someone

narcissistic

conceited; having excessive self-love or admiration

eradicate

to wipe out; to destroy

fabricate

to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive

ghastly

horrible; frightful