vocab list 3

alacrity

physical quickness with eagerness or enthusiasm

anthema

someone/thing intensely disliked/loathed

approbation

approval or praise (formal)

atone

to make amends for an offense or wrong doing

beguile

to mislead through trickery or flattery

or to swindle by deceiving

brazen

Bold and without shame

condor

quality of being open,honest and sincere

caustic

capable of destroying/ eating away chemically (ex. corrosive)

circumspect

to think carefully before acting or speaking

coagulate

to cause to become viscous /thickened (curdle,clot,etc)

commensurate

something similar in size,amount,etc to something else

confidant

close friend/associate who you share secrets

construe

to understand the meaning of one’s action

deface

spoil the appearance/surface of something/one

Defamatory

statements that are untrue,slanderous or libelous

desecrate

to damage/disrespect something holy or heavily respected

desolate

abandoned,uninhabited,deserted,etc

despot

a cruel,over controlling ruler

Dialect

a form of the language spoken in a particular part

Diaphanous

Very sheer and light; Almost transparent/ translucent