English Honors Unit 7 Vocab

Abhor

(V) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

Amend

(V) to change in a formal way; to change for the better

Buffet(ed)

(V) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; (n) a slap, blow

Chaos

(N) great confusion, disorder

Commodious

(Adj) roomy, spacious

Corrosive

(Adj) eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly starcastic

Discern

(V) to see clearly, recognize

Extant

(Adj) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

Implicate

(V) to involve in; to connect with or be related to

Inter

(V) to bury, commit to the Earth; to consign to oblivion

Martinet

(N) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

Obviate

(V) to anticipate and prevent; to remove; dispose of

Renegade

(N) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (adj) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox

Reprehensible

(Adj) deserving blame or punishment

Somber

(Adj) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

Squalid

(Adj) filthy, wretched, debased

Turbulent

(Adj) disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy

Voiciferous

(Adj) loud and noisy; compelling attention

Voluminous

(Adj) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

Waive

(V) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer