Farrell English vocab 161-180 (NEW 20 WORDS)

husbandry

thrifty management of resources; frugal

precept

a rule to live by

subversive

Intended or serving to subvert, especially intended to overthrow or undermine an established government

reprisal

military action, undertaken in revenge for another

exigency

an emergency; an urgency

remonstrate

to argue against; to protest; to raise objections

solicitous

eager and attentive; anxiously caring or attentive

propriety

properness; good manners

irrevocable

irreversible

impervious

not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable

provincial

limited in outlook to one's own small corner of the world; narrow

obsequious

fawning; subservient; sucking up to; excessively flattering

paucity

scarcity

imminent

just about to happen

abnegate

to deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

sycophant

one who sucks up to others; a flatterer

protract

to prolong

extricate

to free from difficulty

staunch

firmly committed

nebulous

vague; hazy; indistinct