Hnrs Lit II Walden Vocab

ascetic

hermitlike; practicing self-denial

astute

shrewd; keen in judgment

attrition/atrophy

gradual wearing away, weakening, or loss; a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size

augment

to make bigger; to add to; to increase

austere

unadorned; stern; forbidding; without excess

rebuke

to criticize sharply

rebut

to contradict; to argue in opposition to; to prove to be false

recalcitrant

stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient

recant

to publicly take back and deny (something previously said or believed); to openly confess error

reciprocal

mutual; shared; interchangeable

reclusive

hermitlike; withdrawn form society

recondite

hard to understand; over one’s head

recrimination

a bitter counteraccusation or the act of making a bitter counteraccusation

redolent

fragrant

redundant

unecessarily repetitive; excessive; excessively wordy

refute

to prove to be false; to disprove

reiterate

to say again; to repeat

relegate

to banish; to send away

relentless

continuous; unstoppable

relinquish

to release or let go of; to surrender; to stop doing