English Vocab

divest

to strip title or position of authority

expedient

practical; prudent

monolithic

exactly the same throughout; lacking any diversity

monologue

a speech made by a single person

unanimous

showing complete agreement

accord

agreement

animosity

anger or hostility

benevolent

kindly; favorable toward

benign

causing no harm

magnanimous

generous in spirit

bureaucrat

a minor official

domineering

forcing others to obey

legitimize

to give credit or recognition to

perjury

the breaking of a legal oath

casualty

something or someone injured, killed, or eliminated

decadent

overly luxurious; lacking discipline

herbivorous

eating only plants

perceptible

able to be noticed or felt

rapacious

seizing everything; greedy

surreptitious

hidden or secret; done without notice

affluent

wealthy and privileged

alleviate

to make less painful or dangerous

leaven

to make less heavy or serious

mellifluous

sweetly flowing or sounding

courier

one who carries and delivers

execution

the way something is done

incur

to bring about

regress

to go back to a less mature or less positive state

impart

to give away; to share

partisan

believing and acting on the ideas of a political party or group

preclude

to prevent from happening

alias

a name that is not one’s true name

alienate

to make hostile

dissemble

to conceal the truth; to deceive

metabolism

the process through which an organism changes food into energy

semblance

a rough likeness

immortalize

to preserve in memory forever

moribund

in a dying or deathlike state

noxious

harmful to physical or moral health

pernicious

causing damage; harmful