Word Wealth Unit 2 Part 2

accelerate

to increase the speed

compensate

to make up for, pay, remunerate

exaggerate

to overstate, magnify, inflate

humiliate

to lower the self-respect of, mortify

impale

to pierce, thrust through

jeopardize

to endanger

perpetrate

to perform, carry out

promulgate

to make known, spread widely

resusciate

to revive, bring back to life

simulate

to feign, pretend, imitate

metaphor

an implied comparison

moron

person of low intelligence, fool

nonentity

a person or thing of no importance

parity

equality, equivalence

satellite

a small planet revolving around a larger one

scroll

an ancient rolled manuscript

simile

an expressed comparison

sovereign

the supreme ruler, monarch

stratum

a layer or level

tenacity

unyielding firmness