AP English 11 WOD 16-30 S1

pedestrian

pedestrian

(n.) a person moving on foot

(adj.) ordinary, basic, unremarkable

carrion

(n.) dead and/or rotting flesh

pinion

(v.) confine; pin down; bind the wings so as not to fly

kismet

(n.) fate

ambivalence

(n.) indecision, experiencing contradictory emotions

deploy

(v.) to arrange strategically

cavalier

(adj.) carefree; casual; arrogant disregard

(n.) a gentleman

egg

(v.) to encourage or incite to action

nullify

(v.) to make useless; cancel; undo

mete

(v.) to distribute, allot, divide up

embroil

(v.) to involve in argument or hostile action; to throw in disorder

waffle

(v) to speak or write evasively

enhance

(v) to improve; to intensify

ascribe

(v.) to attribute to a specific cause, source, or origin

impair

(v.) to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality