Vocab #3 (English)

Abhorrent

Abhorrent

In conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant

Adomish

Reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution

Ambrosial

Extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia

Confine

Shut up; imprison; keep in narrow cramped quarters

Decade

Period of ten years

Detonate

Explode with suddenness and violence; cause (something) to explode

Ephemeral

Lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short - lived

Gullible

Easily deceived or cheated; credulous

Haggle

Dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle

Immerse

Plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck

Insomnia

Inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness

Lapse

Accidental mistake; slip; error; trivial fault

Probe

Critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation

Render

Hand down officially; deliver (as a verdict); give

Repast

Food for one occasion of eating; meal

Replenish

Bring back to condition of being full; refill

Score

Group or set of twenty; twenty

Snub

Act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; slight; insult

Suture

Strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material

Unwittingly

Unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently