Unit 3 Vocab - SMSU College Comp

vehement

strongly emotional, fierce & passionate, intense

inveigh

to attack strongly in words, to talk or write bitterly against, to condemn

surmise

to draw a conclusion based on little or no information, to guess, hypothesize

demise

the end of existence, death

remit

to make less or weaker, to forgive or pardon

emblematic

standing for another thing, symbolic

diabolical

of or like the devil, very wicked or cruel, fiendish

hyperbole

an exaggeration for affect

episodic

happening in parts or segments

methodical

orderly and regular

synod

a council, especially of churches or church officials