Vocab f14

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amenable

(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible

berate

(v.) to scold sharply

carnage

(n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life

credulous

(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived

criterion

(n.) a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation

deplete

(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

expatiate

to expand on, write or talk at length or indetail; to move about freely

extraneous

(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

inception

(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

infirmity

(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

jejune

(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile

obdurate

(adj.) stubborn, unyielding

potpourri

(n.) A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

precocious

(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

sadistic

(adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

sententious

(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much n few words, pithy

supplicate

(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly

surfeit

(n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess

tortuous

(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious

turgid

(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled ot excess; overdecorated or excessive in language