Unit 3 Vocab - Honors English l

The unit 3 vocab set for the Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level D

Abridge

(V.) to make shorter

Adherent

(N.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to

Altercation

(N.) an angry argument

Cherubic

(Adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent

Condone

(V.) to pardon or overlook

Dissent

(V.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement

Eminent

(Adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting

Exorcise

(V.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

Fabricate

(V.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

Gluttony

(N.) engaging in extreme eating or dinking; greedy overindulgence

Irate

(Adj.) angry

Marauder

(N.) a raider, plunderer

Pauper

(N.) an extremely poor person

Pilfer

(V.) to steal in small quantities

Rift

(N.) a split, break, breach

Semblance

(N.)a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

Surmount

(V.) to overcome, rise above

Terminate

(V.) to bring to an end

Trite

(Adj.) commonplace; overused, stale

Usurp

(V.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right