New words- Part 3
Abridge – shorten a text or film
Abrogate – cancel
Abrogated –cancel or do away with the law
Affront – offend
Anathema – something you hate
Apogee-highest point reached
Apposite – appropriate
Avowedly – openly state / confers
Beacon – a fire lit on the top of a hill as a signal
Blot – thing that spoils something good
Boorish – rough and bad memories
Cavalier – showing lack of real concern
Cohorts – a large band of people
Construed – interpret something in a particular way
Despised – hate or feel disgusted
Despotism – unlimited power
Diffidence – not having much self confidence
Eerily – strange & frightening
Elucidate – make clear, explain
Espionage – practice of spying
Eulogizing – praise someone high
Fang – tooth with which a snake injects poison
Flabbergasted – be greatly surprised
Flagrantly – very obvious and unashamed
Fulminations – protest strongly
Gross – vulgar
Harbinger – signal the approach of something
Haughtiness – arrogant & contemptuous of others
Heralded – publicly describe or announce
Hermit – saint
Hobgoblin – mischievous importance
Iconoclastic – a person who attacks established customs & values
Ignoble – dishonourable
Impunity – freedom from being punished or hurt
Inexorable – impossible to stop or prevent
Inexorably – impossible to stop or prevent
Insinuations – unpleasant hint or suggestion
Livid – furiously angry
Malady – disease or illness
Paranoia – a mental condition by which one feels that others are waiting to harm them
Penance – punishment given by a priest for having done wrong
Perched – sit or rest somewhere
Pernicious – having a harmful effect
Perpetuate –cause something to continue indefinitely
Phony – not genuine
Preposterous – outrageous
Promulgate – announce the official beginning of a new law
Propensity – tendency to believe in a particular way
Quash – put an end to
Rancour – bitter feeling / resentment
Rapacious – very greedy
Renascent – revival or re-birth
Repudiate – refuse to accept or support
Schism – division between 2 groups or within an organization
Scoffed – speak about something in a scornful way
Sordid – dishonest or immoral
Soured – unpleasantly stale
Temerity – excessive confidence or boldness
Temerity – excessive confidence or boldness
Tersely – using few words
Trammel – restrictions
Untenable – not able to be maintained
Upbraided – scolded
Venerated – respect someone highly
Verbiage – excessively detailed speech
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