Week 16 Vocab

Asylum

(noun) the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee; an institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally ill

Atavism

(noun) recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity

Bulwark

(noun) a strong support or protection

Clandestine

(adjective)Marked by or conducted with secrecy

Clemency

(noun) a disposition to be merciful or to moderate the severity of punishment due

Dissident

(adjective) disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief

Guise

(noun)a form or style of dress; external appearance

Hospice

(noun) a facility or program designed to provide a caring environment for meeting the physical and emotional needs of the terminally ill

Intractable

(adjective) not easily governed, manipulated, relieved, or cured.

laud

(noun) praise; acclaim

Mawkish

(adjective) lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste; exaggeratedly or childishly emotional

Meager

(adjective) deficient in quality or quantity

Noisome

(adjective) highly obnoxious or objectionable

Penurious

(adjective) given to or marked by extreme frugality; stingy

Prosaic

(adjective) dull; unimaginative; everyday, or ordinary

Protocol

(noun) an original draft or record of a document or transaction; a code prescribing strict adherence to correct etiquette and precedence

Protuberant

(adjective) thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface, often as a rounded mass

Scuttle

(verb) to deliberately sink or attempt to sink a ship or boat (or other entity)

Seance

(noun) a spiritualist meeting to receive communication from spirits

Testiness

(noun)Marked by impatience or ill humor