English 9H Vocabulary Unit 5

bilk

v. to cheat or swindle; to thwart

homily

n. a sermon

demise

n. death; a ceasing to exist

emit

v. to send out; to give forth, as in sound or light

decadence

n. moral deterioration

aghast

adj. feeling great dismay or horror

granary

n. a storehouse for grain

choleric

adj. easily angered

impede

v. to hinder; to obstruct

qualm

n. a feeling of uneasiness

lampoon

n. a wrtitten satire used to ridicule or attack someone

narcissistic

adj. conceited; having excessive self-love

eradicate

v. to wipe out; to destroy

fabricate

v. to make up a story in order to deceive

ghastly

adj. horrible; frightful