English III Vocab 6

accost

to approach or confront aggressively

acumen

keen unsight

bide

to wait, or remain in a condition

bilk

to cheat, to swindle

choreographed

arranged, as in danced

circumspect

cautious

defunct

no longer used or existing

discrete

separate, distinct, individual

disparage

to criticize, degrade, belittle

dissonance

lack of harmony or agreement

divergent

different, deviating, contrary

guilde

deceitful

hail

to come from

jubilant

joyful, happy

juxtapose

to put next to each other

modicum

a small amount of something

mollify

to soften in temper

peruse

to examine carefully

pervasive

to spread throughout

rancid

rotten, spoiled, disgusting in smell or taste

ratiocinate

to think, contemplate

scathing

hurtful, critical

scourge

a plague

torpid

lazy, lethargic

torrid

giving off intense heat, passionate

prudence

sound judgement

transient

temporary

constains

forces

expunge

erase, remove

candid

unbiased, fair

abdicated

given up responsibility for

confiscation

seizure of property ot authority

magnamity

nobility of spirit

renounce

given up

aquiesce

accept quietly

solace

comfort

insidious

sly, sneaky

martial

warlike

supplication

plea or prayer

avert

prevent, turn away

spurned

rejected

inciolate

uncorrupted

adversary

opponent

vigilant

those who are watchful

inevitable

not avoidable