Monday, October 22, 2012

Vocab #8 remix

Flout: Openly disregard







Caveat: A warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations









Blazon: Display prominently or vividly.









Filch: Pilfer or steal (something, esp. a thing of small value) in a casual way.









Fractious: Easily irritated; bad-tempered: 









Equitable: Fair and impartial.











Autonomy: The right or condition of self-government 









Addendum: An item of additional material










Amnesty: An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.



Axiomatic: Self-evident or unquestionable.


Extricate: Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.


Soporific: Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.


Scathing: Witheringly scornful


Unwieldy: Difficult to carry or move because of its size


Vapid: Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging


Prognosticate: Foretell or prophesy


Sepulchral: Of or relating to a tomb or interment


Salutary: Producing good effects


Straitlaced: priggish: exaggeratedly proper


Scourge: A whip used as an instrument of punishment.


Precept: A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought.


Transient: Lasting only for a short time; impermanent.

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