Vocab List 5

Front 1

prodigal

Back 1

really wasteful
adjective

Front 2

expostulate

Back 2

express disagreement

verb

Front 3

superfluous

Back 3

being more than is sufficient or required; excessive.
adjective

Front 4

collateral

Back 4

- security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
-noun

Front 5

peruse

Back 5

to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
-verb

Front 6

circumvent

Back 6

to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
-verb

Front 7

equivocation

Back 7

the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, esp. in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication.

Front 8

requiem

Back 8

1.Roman Catholic Church.
a. Also called Requiem Mass. the Mass celebrated for the repose of the souls of the dead.
b. a celebration of this Mass.
c. a plainsong setting for this Mass.
-noun

Front 9

pall

Back 9

a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
noun

Front 10

perdition

Back 10

a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
-noun

Front 11

Dearth

Back 11

an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack: There is a dearth of good engineers.
-noun

Front 12

Umbrage

Back 12

offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
-noun

Front 13

Felicity

Back 13

the state of being happy, esp. in a high degree; bliss: marital felicity.
-noun

Front 14

belie

AND

Impeccable

Back 14

to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
-verb

AND

faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
-adjective

Front 15

Prejudice / prejudiced
Raise / rise

Back 15

remember how 2 do it