SHARE VOCAB unit 1

Malignant

evil, harmful

Benign

harmless

Thyorcracy

government led by religous beliefs

Antagonist

a force that goes against 

Spectral

ghost-like (no substance)

Manifest

(adj) obvious, (verb) to develop into an obvious state

Disenfranchise

To exclude, esp. by denying the right to vote.

Enfranchise

To include, esp. by giving the right to vote.

Ineffable

Too extreme (bad) to be put into words. 

Martial

Related to the Military, war.

Martyr

One who sacrifies or dies for a higher cause.

Latent

Present, but not noticable.

Rancor

bitter hatred

Orthodox

traditional normal

Paucity

Scarcity or shortage of something, (synomym- dog town)

Polarize

Split into opposing groups

Obdurate

stubborn, even when clearly wrong

Rebuke

critize, reject

Reparation

to right a wrong-usually with a replacement or $

Servile

acting too eager to serve or please others in a way that shows a lack of self-respect

Stigmatize

to mark with shame

Usurp

to steal (freedom, right, land)

Vilify

to treat as a villan

Conscious

to be aware, awake

Conscience

inner moral voice

Attriton

gradual loss, wearing away.

Avarice

greed

Contemptuous

displaying a sense of superiority

Credulity

tendency to believe what is obviously false (gullible)

Incredulous

unable, unwilling to accept the truth

Condescending

displaying a sense of superiority esp. In an effort to help (patronizing)

Demographic

a specific group of people (adj) relating to the traits of a group

Affectation

false behavior exhibited to impress

Affluent

wealthy, higher class

Capricious

impulsive