vocab notebook

Impish

Mischievous

Contrite

Caused by or showing sincere remorse

Lampoons

A harsh satire usually directed against an individual

Delineate

To describe portray or set forth with accuracy or in detail

Extrapolate

To predict by projecting past experience or known data

Hallow

To make holy or set apart for holy use

Consecrate

To make or declare sacred

Score

A group or set of 20

Conventional

Conforming or adhering to accepted standards

Administrator

A person who manages or has a talent for managing

Raffia

A fiber obtained from the leaves of the raffia palm

Consequently

As a result effect or outcome

Patronizing

Showing or characterized by a superior attitude towards others

Incomprehensible

Impossible to understand

Contend

To strive in debate

Fleecing

To strip of money or property by fraud or extortion

Abject

Sunk to or existing in a low state or condition

Dispossess

To put out of occupancy

Unprecedented

Without previous existence

Constituted

Make up form compose

Harp

To dwell on persistently or tediously in speaking or writing

Assailed

To attack violently

Gallantly

Showy in dress or bearing

Partisanship

Support of a person group party or cause especially when seen as biased or emotional

Electorate

A body of people entitled to vote

Unilaterally

Done or undertaken by one person or party

Abiding

Continuing for a long time

Peacetime

A time when a nation is not at war

Conception

A general idea

Quicklime

Calcium oxide