Lesson 16 vocab

Arbitrary

Based on a subjective whim or random choice.
(adj)

Arbitrate

To judge or decide in the manner of an umpire or person granted power to make a decision.
(v)

Hortatory

Marked by a strong urging to take some action.
(adj)

Exhort

To urge, advise, or admonish (reprimand) vigorously.
(v)

Judicious

Showing good judgment; sensible.
(adj)

Adjudicate

To settle a case by legal means; to act as a judge.
(v)

Abjure

To renounce formally; to recant.
(v)

Adjure

To command or urge solemnly.
(v)

Conjure

To cause to happen as if by magic; to produce as if from nothing; to stimulate the imagination.
(v)

To practice legerdemain; to summon a spirit by magic spell.
(v)

Perjury

The intentional giving of false evidence or breaking of an oath, especially in a court of law.
(n)

Rogue

A malicious, unprincipled person; a mountebank (a person that deceives others, especially to trick them for money).
(n)

Something that separates itself from the community or the normal standard, often with harmful results, used especially with natural phenomena; a renegade.
(adj)

Abrogate

To abolish or repeal, especially a law.
(v)

Arrogate

To take or claim without permission or authority.
(v)

Prerogative

A right or privilege belonging to a particular person, office, or group.
(n)

Surrogate

A substitute.
(n)