vocab 2 test

decadent

decadent

self indulgent

recidivism

relapse

enchant

mesmerize

recant

to take back; renounce

incipient

developing; beginning

precipitate

to bring about; hasty

capitulate

surrender

discord

disagree

concordance

agreement; harmony

cordial

friendly; amiable

carnival

merrymaking; celebrating

carnage

massacre

incarnation

embodiment; personification

castigate

reprimand severely

chastize

punish

chaste

abstinence

antecedent

precursor

cede

surrender

incessent

ceaseless; continue without pause

eccentric

strange; unconventional

concentric

having a common center

centrifuge

rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids (from a central point)

discrete

constituting a separate entity or part; distinct

recrimination

mutual accusations

chronicle

record in chronological order

chronic

of long duration; persistent

anachronism

error in time placement

circumspect

cautious; wary

circumvent

avoid; get around

circuitous

roundabout

circumambulate

walk around something

exorcise

expel; cast out

excise

duty; tax

incisive

sharp; penetrating

excite

thrill; stir up

incite

spur

solicit

ask for; request

solicitous

full of anxiety and concern

preclude

make impossible

recluse

withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

acclaim

praise publicly

dislaim

deny; renounce

proclivity

a natural inclination

disinclination

lack of enthusiasm

confederate

joined by an agreement

conjugal

marital

congenial

compatible

contrite

remorseful

bureaucracy

nonelective government officials

aristocracy

highest class rules

plutocracy

political system governed by the wealthy people

crescendo

grow louder

increment

addition; gain

accrue

to accumulate benefits over time

cad/cid

to fall; happen by chance

can/cent/chant

to sing

cap/cip/cept

to take; to get

cap/capit/cipit

headlong

card/cord/cour

heart

carn

flesh

cast/chast

to cut

ced/cess

to yield/stop

centr

center

cern/cert/cret/crim/crit

to judge; separate; distinguish; decide

chron

time

circu

around; all sides

cis

to cut

cit

to set in motion

cla/clo/cly

to shut/close

claim/clam

to shout; cry out

cli/clin

to lean toward

co/col/com/con

with; together

crat/cracy

to govern

cre/crese/cret

to grow