Vocabulary-Chapter 8

afflicted

afflicted

(adj.) suffering with

bilk

(v.) to cheat out of money

commend

(v.) to praise

delicacy

(n.) softness

diminutive

(adj.) very small

dissect

(v.) to examine

endeavor

(n.) a good try; (v.) to try

famine

(n.) a shortage of food

frail

(adj.) easily broken

hectic

(adj.) hasty

inadequate

(adj.) not enough

kindle

(v.) to start a fire

minimum

(n.) the smallest amount possible; (adj.) the least possible

obsolete

(adj.) out-of-date

plausible

(adj.) likely

receptacle

(n.) a container

scrutinize

(v.) to examine

stake

(n.) a sharpened wood piece hammered into the ground; (v.) to indicate boundaries with a stake

torrid

(adj.) burning

vestige

(n.) a trace of something no longer present

c. bellicose

(adj.) eager to start wars

c. incorrigible

(adj.) unable to be improved

c. matriarch

(n.) a female who dominates a group

c. sagacious

(adj.) having good judgement

c. vilify

(v.) to make rude statements