Vocabulary Workshop F Unit 5

David (United States of America)
Dr. Spencer's Class
20 words 36 learners

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  1. amnesty
    a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  2. autonomy
    political independence
  3. axiomatic
    evident without proof or argument
  4. blazon
    decorate with heraldic arms
    Many trucks use super-loud, musical pressurized horns and are blazoned with flamboyant "Horn Please" or "Blow Horn" signs. Wall Street Journal (May 5, 2013)
  5. caveat
    a warning against certain acts
  6. equitable
    fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
  7. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  8. filch
    make off with belongings of others
  9. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  10. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  11. precept
    a rule of personal conduct
  12. salutary
    tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
  13. scathing
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
  14. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  15. sepulchral
    suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
  16. soporific
    inducing sleep
  17. straitlaced
    exaggeratedly proper or morally strict
    Birds of paradise perch on an improbable branch of the avian family tree, the flashy cousins of straitlaced ravens and crows.
  18. transient
    lasting a very short time
  19. unwieldy
    difficult to use or handle because of size or weight
  20. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
Created on Thu Nov 28 19:57:15 EST 2013 (updated Wed Dec 18 17:45:05 EST 2013)

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