Vocab

Front 1

detract

Back 1

to take away from especially value, beauty, and importance

Front 2

plumb

Back 2

1. to measure the depth of water
2. to get to the deepest part of
3. to understand by examining closely; to solve
4. straight up and down; vertical

Front 3

encumber

Back 3

1. to weigh down or burden
2. to slow the action of (difficult to move forward)

Front 4

consecrate

Back 4

1. to set apart as holy
2. to dedicate to a cause; devote

Front 5

disseminate

Back 5

to scatter or spread widely

Front 6

paraphernalia

Back 6

1. personal belongings
2. equipment associated with a particular activity

Front 7

contemporary

Back 7

1. a person living during the same time period as another
2. existing or occuring at the same time

Front 8

despot

Back 8

a ruler with absolute power or tyranical control over a group of people

Front 9

impoverish

Back 9

1. to make poor
2. to take away

Front 10

speculate

Back 10

1. to think about or make a guess
2. to engage in a risky buisness venture

Front 11

dogma
(dogmatic)

Back 11

1. an unproven principle or belief held to be true
2. overly positive and assertive about something that cannot be proven

Front 12

embody

Back 12

1. to put an idea into a form that can be seen
2. to make a part of a system; incorporate

Front 13

oratory
(orator)

Back 13

1. the art of public speeking
2. a public speaker

Front 14

rudimentary

Back 14

1. not yet fully developed
2. elementary

Front 15

affront

Back 15

1. to insult or to offend deliberatly

Front 16

antiquity
(antiquities)

Back 16

1.the ancient world, especially before the middle ages
2. the quality of great age
3.valuable object from ancient times

Front 17

cleave

Back 17

1. to split with force or a sharp instrument
2. to cling or be faithful

Front 18

facet

Back 18

1. any of the many small, flat surfaces on a precious stone made by cutting
2. one of many sides or aspects of something

Front 19

repose

Back 19

1. to lie at rest
2. to place (power etc) in some person or group
3. a state of rest or relaxation

Front 20

incapacitate

Back 20

to make helpless or incapable

Front 21

magnanimous
(magnanimity)

Back 21

1. generous, unselfish, or forgiving
2. quality of being above meanness or spite; generosity of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly

Front 22

practicable

Back 22

1. capable of being done; feasible
2. usable

Front 23

remunerate

Back 23

to pay or reward