Wk 6 Vocab

abscond

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

amorphous

lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless

of no particular kind or character; indeterminate; having no pattern or structure; unorganized

bane

a person or thing that ruins or spoils

a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants): wolfsbane; henbane

death; destruction; ruin

cajole

to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax

capriciously

marked by being subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratically

hackneyed

made commonplace or trite; stale; banal

maelstrom

a large, powerful, or violent whirlpool

a restless, disordered, or tumultuous state of affairs

nascent

beginning to exist or develop

pulchritude

physical beauty; comeliness

truncate

to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short

ubiquitous

existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent

wizened

 withered; shriveled