ENG 1 Vocab #7

Beseech

Ask for or request earnestly.

Bode

Indicate by signs.

Chaste

Morally pure.

Chide

Scold or reprimand severely or angrily.

Countervail

Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.

Discreet

Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint.

Dote

Shower with love; show excessive affection for.

Enmity

A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.

Entreat

Ask for or request earnestly.

Gall

A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.

Impute

Attribute or credit to.

Invocation

The act of appealing for help.

Languish

Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief.

Lamentable

Bad; unfortunate.

Mutiny

Open rebellion against constituted authority.

Pernicious

Exceedingly harmful.

Portentous

Ominously prophetic.

Rancor

A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.

Repose

Freedom from activity.

Revel

Unrestrained merrymaking.

Sallow

Unhealthy looking.

Semblance

The outward or apparent appearance or form of something.