Vocab unit 7

Abhor

Abhor

V: to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

Amend

V: to change in a formal way; to change for the better

Buffet

V: to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force ones way with difficulty

N: a slap, blow

Chaos

N: great confusion; disorder

Commodious

Adj: roomy, spacious

Corrosive

Adj: eating away gradually, acid-like; bitterly sarcastic

Discern

V: to see clearly; to recognize

Extant

Adj: still existing; not destroyed or lost

Implicate

V: to involve in; to connect with or be related to

Inter

V: to bury, to commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

Martinet

N: a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

Obviate

V: to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

Renegade

N: one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw

Adj: traitorous, unconventional, unorthodox

Reprehensible

Adj: deserving blame or punishment

Somber

Adj: dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

Squalid

Adj: extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect; showing or involving a contemptible lack of moral standards

Turbulent

Adj: disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

Vociferous

Adj: loud and noisy; compelling attention

Voluminous

Adj: writing or speaking at great length; of great size, many volumes

Waive

V: to give up voluntarily, to not demand something you have a right to