Sadlier-Oxford Level F - Unit 5

Elizabeth S. (United States of America)
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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
    the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
  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
    of or relating to a chamber that is used as a grave
  16. soporific
    inducing sleep
  17. straitlaced
    exaggeratedly proper or morally strict
  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 Wed Sep 21 15:18:20 EDT 2011 (updated Wed Mar 07 20:39:39 EST 2012)

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