Vocab 6

abominable

Repugnantly hateful; very unpleasant, detestable, loathsome.

abscond

To leave secretly and hide.

capitulate

To surrender.

castigate

To punish or subdue with punishment; to criticize with drastic severity.

comatose

Lethargic, unconscious.

consolidate

To make solid; to unite, or to merge.

despondency

Depression, dejection.

destitution

The state of being extremely poor; in extreme want.

eddy

A current of air or water moving contrary to the main current.

enfranchise

To give or bestow something such as the right to vote or citizenship.

ennoble

To elevate, to raise in rank.

fecund

Capable of reproducing; intellectual productivity.

inebriation

Drunkenness, intoxication.

inopportune

Inconvenient, poorly timed.

inviolable

Secure from violation or from being profaned.

nonchalance

Indifference or showing of little interest.

prevarication

Evasiveness or lie.

primordial

Original, existing at the beginning (usually relates to time).

punctilious

Stressing precise following of instructions, details, codes or conduct.

remonstrate

To protest, to make objections.

rudimentary

Consisting in first principles, of a primitive kind; relating to basic skills.

sonnet

A fourteen line form of poetry.

tantamount

Equivalent in value or significance.

turgid

Swollen.

vestigial

Something in an underdeveloped form.