Unit 1 Vocab Favero

abdicate

to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.) esp in a voluntary, public, or formal manner

abscond

to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution

abstemious

sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet

contemptous

showing or expressing disdain or scorn

discord

lack of harmony between persons or things

rectitude

rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue

turpitude

vile, shameful, or base character; depravity

verisimilitude

something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth

vicissitude

a change or variation occuring in the course of something

Ab. abs

away

Co, cor, con

with

abrogate

to put aside; put an end to

abtruse

hard to understand; recondite; esoteric

beatitude

supreme blessedness; exalted happiness

cogent

to the point; relevant; pertinent

concur

to accord in opinion

convene

to come together or asssemble, usually for some public purpose