Vocabulary 1.1-1.8

daunt

verb

cause to lose courage

desolation

noun

sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

noun

an event that results in total destruction

Feign

verb

make believe with the intent to deceive

Wrath

noun

intense anger (usually on an epic scale)

Discern

verb

perceive, recognize, or detect with the senses

Resolve

verb

reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

Doleful

adjective

filled with or evoking sadness

Lament

noun

a cry of sorrow and grief

verb

express grief verbally

Gregarious

adjective

instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others

Procure

verb

get by special effort

Abate

verb

become less in amount or intensity

Abhor

verb

find repugnant

Appease

verb

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Incense

verb

make furious

Prudence

noun

knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

Abominable

adjective

exceptionally bad or displeasing

Comprimise

noun

an accommodation in which both sides make concessions

Contention

noun

the act of competing as for profit or a prize

Dissemble

verb

behave unnaturally or affectedly

Subservient

adjective

abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

Ameliorate

verb

make better

Evade

verb

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Deference

noun

courteous regard for people's feelings

Pretense

noun

the act of giving a false appearance

Licentious

adjective

lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained

Arduous

adjective

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

Mortify

verb

cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Subjugate

verb

make subservient; force to submit or subdue

Insidious

adjective

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

Infidel

noun

a person who does not acknowledge your god

Relinquish

verb

turn away from; give up

Spurn

verb

reject with contempt

Tyranny

noun

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

Remonstrate

verb

argue in protest or opposition

Ravage

verb

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Ardor

noun

feelings of great warmth and intensity

Exploit

verb

use or manipulate to one's advantage

Hypocrisy

noun

insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

Petrify

verb

cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned

Usurp

verb

seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

Accommodate

verb

have room for; hold without crowding

Render

verb

give or supply

Acquiesce

verb

agree or express agreement

Endeavor

verb

attempt by employing effort

Extricate

verb

release from entanglement or difficulty