Vocab Chapter 1

abduct

abduct

v to carry off by force

aspiration

n a hope or dream

burnish

v to make smooth

curiosity

n a desire to learn

diagnosis

n a conclusion reached

disharmony

n lack of agreement

effect

n a result

excursion

n a short trip

finicky

adj difficult to please

gaunt

adj thin and boney

hygiene

n personal health and disease prevention

intolerable

adj unbearable

lithe

adj bendable

nibble

v to chew in small bites

n a small bite

persist

v to refuse to stop

prevalent

adj commonly found

renounce

v to give up title

skeptable

adj doubting

swelter

v to be affected by heat

unintelligible

adj not able to understand

c. dogmatic

adj opinionated or arrogant

c. feckless

adj irresponsible or careless

c. ramification

n a consequence

c. rancid

adj having awful odor or taste; offensive

c. stagnant

adj stale; not developing