WW Chapter 5

Abashed

Embarrassed

Arbiter

Person able to judge or desire

Benison

Blessing

Bluff

Fool; frank; steep cliff

Canker

Spreading sore; evil influence

Complaisant

Obliging

Crass

Coarsely stupid

Defame

Attack the reputation of

Ennui

Boredom

Funereal

Gloomy

Ideology

Set of beliefs

Inferno

Intense heat; hell

Mercenary

Hired soldier; concerned only with making money

Parsimonious

Miserly

Propaganda

Deliberately spreading ideas that will help one’s own cause or injure an enemy’s

Retrogress

Worsen

Surfeit

Given too much of something

Tureen

Dish

Ablutions

Washings

Bauble

Trinket

Bestial

Brutal

Bombastic

Pompous

Chary

Cautious

Congenital

Present from birth

Cuisine

Cooking

Demote

Reduce in rank

Flux

Change; flow; substance used in joining metals

Garb

Clothes

Impeccable

Faultless

Invective

Abusive language

Ogle

Glance flirtatiously at

Penury

Extreme poverty

Raillery

Lighthearted teasing

Scintillate

Sparkle

Survey

Measure; detailed study; look closely at

Verbatim

Word for word

Anneal

Toughen by heating and then cooling

Becoming

Pleasingly suitable

Bizarre

Fantastic

Buoyant

Able to float; cheerful

Chattel

On movable property

Cranium

Top of the skull

Culpable

Blameworthy

Endorse

Express support of; sign the back of

Freebooter

Pirate

Hallmark

Stamp on gold or silver objects; distinguishing characteristic

Incognito

With one’s identity concealed

Irrevocable

Unalterable

Pacific

Peaceful

Pernicious

Harmful

Retinue

Train of attendants

Scrip

Paper entitling the bearer to receive something

Symmetrical

Balanced

Verve

Enthusiasm